...It's very hard to suddenly be expected to know hundreds of new rules. The exception to this is of course college applications. There I take several sessions to draft and edit an essay. (read more)
...I've taken classes in St. Michael's College's Master's degree program of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). I come from a family with bilingual heritage—I have a deep appreciation of multiculturalism. I worked frequently with English language learners (ELLs) in my former high school position. (read more)
...I love learning something new, so education has always fun for me, except when I was learning nothing. Boredom is painful, so I work hard to avoid it. I don't want to receive it, nor inflict it on others. (read more)
I am an educator with 8 years of experience in classroom teaching, administration, private school teaching, and trauma-informed education. I started teaching in NYC where I taught 7th grade ELA. I then was an assistant principal intern at a PK-8 school in NYC for a year while completing a second graduate degree. (read more)