About Me

I graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC with several degrees. I have an AAS in Fashion Design and a BS in Marketing and Communications. Though it may seem like my degrees are removed from being a teacher, teaching has always been woven through my professional and now personal lives. I began my collegiate journey as a major in English Literature, with hopes of segueing into a degree in Journalism. I have always had a profound love of writing and everything ELA. But I chose my other love of fashion design and made a career of it for nearly twenty years. During my years in the industry, I directed reports from two to ten at a time. I had team members who were sometimes completely new to the business to those who were veterans. Regardless, I always had something to teach, whether it was a technical skill, a process or a short cut to do their job more efficiently. I now have two beautiful sons which being pregnant with my first son coincided with me leaving the fashion industry. For many of the years since, I have been a stay at home mom and intimately involved with both of my sons academic as well as enrichment pursuits. During the 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years I became even more involved as nearly every parent in this country had to do during the height of the shut downs to Covid-19. My younger son, who is now 6, spent many hours with me learning to read and do basic math functions. We even made time to learn a little bit of Spanish and Korean! I know I would be able to tutors any topic around ELA whether it's writing, grammar or reading. I love expressing myself through words and am excited when young minds also start their writing journey. Currently, I have a start-up business as a financial coach, so teaching the very beginnings of financial literacy is very exciting to me as well. I think the earlier kids can learn this practical skill set the better they will prepare themselves for financial success. I definitely meet children where they are, and find that the best curriculum allows itself to be flexible. It's important to identify the children as individuals and that not every child will connect with the curriculum in the same way or speed as others. I am an avid reader of course, but I also love movies, music and attending sporting and enrichment events my sons are involved with. It's incredibly important that I show or teach my boys something new everyday. To have a day go by that you haven't learned something or didn't bring joy in some way is a day wasted.

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