I have recently joined River Springs Charter School after spending 10 wonderful years at Central Academy in Ann Arbor, MI.  I am the Middle School Math and Digital Technology teacher at Magnolia Student Center.  

I am a firm believer in a quality education and therefore maintain high standards of education for myself.  I attended McGill University in Montreal, Quebec for my undergraduate degree in Honors Sociology and International Development Studies.  It was an amazing experience to live in a vibrant city like Montreal and to work with the high quality scholars at McGill.  I then attended Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario for my education degree in Honors K-8 Education.  While I was at Queen's University, I had the privilege of teaching in Cartagena, Colombia for some of my student teaching.  I also have my Master's degree in Curriculum and Instructional Studies from The University of Western Ontario.  This Master's of Education degree takes me one step closer to my goal of a PhD in Education which I will start soon.

During the summer I enjoy traveling with my husband.  We have been to many places together and lived in London, England for a year where I also taught.  Our most recent trip was a month traveling through India!  I hope to visit a place on each of the seven continents - and have only Australia and Antarctica to go!

During the school year I have very little spare time, because as you will notice, I spend a lot of time making my classroom and teaching the best experience possible for my students.  When I do have some extra time, I enjoy working on this webpage, reading, sewing, crafting, and exercising.

On November 2, 2007 I was honored to be named 2007 Michigan Charter School Teacher of the Year.  You can read the Ann Arbor News article here.