About+Me

 Well, let's see. I was born and raised in Seattle and I am a graduate of Ballard High School. Following my years here, I ventured to Bellingham to attend Western Washington University where I graduated early with a B.A. in Geology. The next 6 months were spent traveling the world and having a blast! During this time, I learned many important things, the most valuable of which is that all experiences (even the bad ones) make great learning experiences. This definitely holds true when it comes to active learning and inquiry in the classroom too! Students need to be reminded that without f ailure we would not have success. 

Since graduating from Western, I have been given the chance to chaperone multiple trips with Ballard High School, work as a nanny and take a few classes at local community colleges. I was even able to combine my studies and chaperone duties, which resulted in an independent study on the hoatzin, a bird found on the Amazon! Talk about active learning, I got to do the research and then go see the animal in it's natural habitat and look for all of the things I had just read about! Surprise! I even get to do this again in a couple weeks, but this time I will be studying manatees in Belize through Miami University. The program also focuses on teaching teachers how to use inquiry in their classrooms.

Gee, can you tell that I L-O-V-E traveling? Well, I do. In fact, I love it so much I think I'll just up and move to Spain! Immersing myself in another culture and surrounding myself by a language that I would love to speak fluently is probably the most long term active learning project I have ever assigned myself! So excited!

