I use my training as a teacher, my experience as a classroom teacher and tutor, and my own experiences as a learner to help understand the obstacles any student faces with challenging material and to provide scaffolds and supports to overcome those struggles. I have been working in education the last 12 years in a variety of contexts: teaching English as a foreign language as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Turkmenistan, test prep to older high school students in Brooklyn, NYC, as an English classroom teacher to 7th through 12th graders in Queens, New York, a tutor for my advisory students in 7th and 8th grade, and as a teacher trainer at Columbia University. These numerous positions have helped me understand what it is like for a learner to engage in difficult material and to know how I can help learners make sense of their own learning process.

Video games, board games, reading, physical exercise, spending time with my French Bulldog, and cooking