About Me
- This is a picture of me holding a beautiful baby alligator in New Orleans, LA in the Spring of 2014. No animals were harmed in the production of this photograph.
I am incredibly excited and thankful to be starting my second year teaching at High Tech High Chula Vista. I feel extremely privileged to have this opportunity to teach at such an amazing school, with extremely intelligent and gifted students, and to learn from such a caring staff. I moved to San Diego for this job in August of 2014, knowing only 2 people that promptly moved to England upon my arrival. Before San Diego, I was living in Eugene, Oregon obtaining my masters degree in education and my teaching credential in social studies and ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) in secondary school. Prior to that, Denver, Colorado was my home from 2004-2013. I received my undergraduate degree at the University of Denver in Political Science in 2008. I have been a sous chef at 2 different restaurants, built a food cart business from the ground up, worked at 2 nationally award-winning breweries, and nearly made the decision to dedicate my life to rock climbing (which is still one of my biggest passions).
Growing up in a small town in rural New Hampshire, I quickly recognized the importance of family and community. I am very close to my family, although though they couldn't live physically much farther away while still living in the U.S.A., and I make several trips to visit them every year. One of the most vital things that I believe students can take away from my teaching is how powerful and transformative the power of people united can be. Knowing the connections that we have to our family and our community can only help us to better understand ourselves and aid us in realizing our full potential as human beings. The main reason that I have dedicated my life to education is because I believe that it is one of the most powerful tools for transforming the world into the best possible place it can be. It is my hope that I help my students realize their power as individuals and as part of larger communities of people so that they may change the world for the better in their own way.
I am incredibly excited and thankful to be starting my second year teaching at High Tech High Chula Vista. I feel extremely privileged to have this opportunity to teach at such an amazing school, with extremely intelligent and gifted students, and to learn from such a caring staff. I moved to San Diego for this job in August of 2014, knowing only 2 people that promptly moved to England upon my arrival. Before San Diego, I was living in Eugene, Oregon obtaining my masters degree in education and my teaching credential in social studies and ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) in secondary school. Prior to that, Denver, Colorado was my home from 2004-2013. I received my undergraduate degree at the University of Denver in Political Science in 2008. I have been a sous chef at 2 different restaurants, built a food cart business from the ground up, worked at 2 nationally award-winning breweries, and nearly made the decision to dedicate my life to rock climbing (which is still one of my biggest passions).
Growing up in a small town in rural New Hampshire, I quickly recognized the importance of family and community. I am very close to my family, although though they couldn't live physically much farther away while still living in the U.S.A., and I make several trips to visit them every year. One of the most vital things that I believe students can take away from my teaching is how powerful and transformative the power of people united can be. Knowing the connections that we have to our family and our community can only help us to better understand ourselves and aid us in realizing our full potential as human beings. The main reason that I have dedicated my life to education is because I believe that it is one of the most powerful tools for transforming the world into the best possible place it can be. It is my hope that I help my students realize their power as individuals and as part of larger communities of people so that they may change the world for the better in their own way.