I am a graduate of Westmont College. I received my Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics with a focus on computer science and advanced studies in statistics. I became the Teaching Assistant for Behavioral Statistics after earning the only A grade in a class of 60 students. This is where I learned the pleasure of asking intermediate questions, the answers to which would bring the student to the place of competence for the problem at hand. I never considered teaching until years later a friend remarked,...More

I am a recent graduate of Duke University, with a Master of Science degree in Global Health. I spent the six previous years working for Novartis as a Head of Communications in the Vaccines and Diagnostics division. I joined Novartis after completing my undergraduate degree with honors in English language and literature from Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California.