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About Me

I believe in experiential education, whether I'm the student or the teacher. That's why I loved being a museum educator, an ESL teacher at a summer camp, and an English teacher in France.

Being a working writer was my own experiential education, so I worked in marketing and communications for several years, writing in the wild. I returned to teaching full-time in late 2020, working in social and emotional development, which has proven to be a critical time for our students' mental and emotional health.

I speak French fluently, play the guitar, and create fiber art of all kinds. I am a devoted vegetable gardener. I grew up on a tiny island in the South Pacific called Kwajalein, but I currently make my home outside of Boston.

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First day of school, 2022-2023

Education

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2014

Master of Arts, English Literature

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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2009

Bachelor of Arts, English Literature & French

     Pell Honors Scholar, French Departmental Award

Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island

       Undergraduate thesis: "The Elocution of Memory: Literary Impressionism in the Works of Katherine Mansfield"

Certificates

2010

Teaching English as a Foreign Language Certificate

TEFL Paris Teacher Training Centre, Paris, France

2009

Certificate for Tutoring English as a Foreign Language

College Reading and Learning Association

2008

French Language, Advanced Level

Université de Paris III - La Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, France

Current Employment

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2023 - Present

Middle School Humanities Teacher / All School Substitute PreK-8

Nashoba Brooks School, Concord, Massachusetts 

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2016 - Present

Freelance Writer

Self-Employed, Remote

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Previous Employment

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2015 - 2021

Creative Director

Swan Law, PC, Steamboat Springs, Colorado

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2019 - 2020

Director of Communications & Marketing

Colorado New Play Festival, Steamboat Springs, Colorado

Other Teaching Experiences

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