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There is so much beauty in the way we create our path of possibilities in life!

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I am forever grateful that my undergraduate experience at Tufts University provided me the opportunity to build an exceptional foundation for my career as an educator.  Liberal arts requirements sent me to a course in Child Study, my first true interdisciplinary experience.  Plans to pursue a career in the legal field quickly disappeared as I settled into the Eliot-Pearson Department.  Shaped by insights gained from developmental, social and cognitive psychology, I pursued specializations in Early Childhood Education (Preschool-3rd Grade) and the Education of Young Children with Special Needs (0-8 years old.)  I had the privilege of being inspired and advised by Professor Maryanne Wolf, who showed me the wonders of a child's mind, spirit and beliefs and shared with me the passion of being an analytical, reflective, and innovative educator.

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Initial experiences as an early intervention specialist and Head Start supervisor led me to complete a master's degree in educational administration at the University of Rochester, Graduate School of Education and Human Development, before teaching in public elementary schools in Brookline and Newton, Massachusetts.  I am indebted to the METCO Directors' Association for three years of focused support in understanding my white privilege and what it means to commit oneself to be an anti-racist educator.

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Since re-locating to California, early professional highlights have been classroom, intervention, and magnet teacher positions in the San Francisco and San Mateo-Foster City public school districts.  I obtained certification in California as a Multi-Subjects, Preschool, K-12, Adult Teacher and completed a USD Cross-Cultural Language and Academic Development program to add a CLAD certificate. 

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The draw of individualized opportunities for advanced training and research brought me into the independent school community, where I have enjoyed shaping student success programs, along with curriculum for differentiated instruction and student-driven explorations at SF Bay Area PS/Elementary, PS/Elementary/MS, Elementary/MS and HS programs.  Multiple conferences and in-depth institutes through the Learning & the Brain Society and the Social Thinking Group, along with a three year UCSF/Neuroscape Center research collaboration expanded my understanding of myself as a learning engineer, working in the field of education.

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The desire to expand myself through having a private practice as a learning specialist/educational consultant led me to also pursue a variety of other growth challenges from a year-long PK-3 Early Learning Mathematics Initiative through the San Mateo County Office of Education, IMSE Orton-Gillingham Multi-Sensory/Lindamood-Bell Visualizing & Verbalizing  programs and design thinking for teachers/educational leaders to completing coursework through UCR to obtain a certificate in Educational Therapy.  My learning journey continues with attending conferences, participating in trainings and reading, especially within the neuroscience of learning and its overlap with mental health.  I am ready to design a unique program with each of my clients that will meet our shared goals!