Bio

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When I was in elementary school, I wanted to be a teacher. Then I realized teachers had to lesson plan, and that sounded like a lot of work, so I put that plan on hold and began making art. I played music, sang songs, acted in plays, and did a whole lot of theater tech as I began exploring the "why" of people. In undergrad at Washington University in St. Louis, I double-majored in theater and psychology. At the end of my senior year, I reflected on my experience and realized that  what I loved about the rehearsal process was working with peers new to theater and teaching them the skills they needed to thrive. When I perused my psychology degree, I realized I had created an unintentional concentration focus on child development and learning pedagogy. I realized there was a beautiful synchronicity in my learning experience, and I found that nexus in teaching theater.  ​

 

Perhaps unsurprisingly, lesson planning was not as daunting as - and a whole lot more fun than - I had thought it would be in fifth grade, and I have loved teaching for the past 15 years. I have continually engaged in professional development to deepen my teaching practice and educational pedagogy, and in May 2021 I completed my Master's degree in Secondary Education with a concentration in English at the Catholic University of America. After over a decade teaching at an independent school in Washington, D.C., in 2023 I joined the school system I grew up in as a teacher for Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS). 

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Full Resume Available

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Credentials

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• MD Advanced Professional Certificate: English, 7-12 & Theater 7-12

• MD Ancillary Credit: Reading 6; Special Education

• DC Standard Teaching Credential: English, 7-12 

• DC Endorsement: Theater, PreK-12

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Recent Professional Development

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• Materials for Teaching Literacy (MCPS Continuing Professional Development)

• Assessment of Literacy (MCPS Continuing Professional Development)

• Science of Reading (MCPS Continuing Professional Development)

• Delving into Differentiation (Trinity University)

• Recognizing and Serving Twice-Exceptional Learners (MCPS Continuing Professional Development)

• PBL Works 101 (Buck Institute for Education)

• Integrating How We Teach Online with the Science of How We Learn (Learning and the Brain)

• Educational Theater Association (EdTA) National Conference 2019, 2021 ​

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