...Science is a difficult subject for most. I have the ability to take the important ideas and present them in creative ways that students can grasp and retain. Recently I took a fifth grade class through the teacher's directive to search for answers to a pretest. (read more)
...I was asked to play the bass clarinet in the middle school band despite not knowing how. I got a clarinet the summer before sixth grade and taught myself over the summer. I alternated between flute, clarinet, and bass clarinet based on the needs of whatever song we were playing. (read more)
...For my undergraduate degree from Gallatin at NYU, I double majored in Writing and Utopias & Dystopias in History and Literature (very specific, I know!). I also have an MFA from Hunter in Playwriting. The last 10 years I've focused on teaching primarily in special needs schools in New York City ... (read more)