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What do you love about teaching?

Why are you passionate about your subjects?
Math and science have always been fun for me because they help make sense of the world. I especially want to help girls learn to love these subjects because they have traditionally been discouraged from them.

What are the benefits of an all girls education?
I believe an all girls education is extremely powerful. In co-ed classrooms, often boys speak up more in class and end up dominating the class discussions. An all girls school builds girls’ self-confidence in a way that they don't get in a mixed gender education. 

What is your favorite Montrose tradition?
I particularly like the welcome handshake line on the first day of school, because it helps create a community from day one and makes new students and teachers feel welcome. I also like the annual day of service because it teaches the girls to give back.

Is there a quote or motto that inspires you?

What are some of your passions, hobbies or skills outside the classroom?

The way the girls thrive and grow in confidence. From the very start in 6th grade, they are given assignments where they have to speak or defend topics to the class. They learn to have confidence in what they say and to be fearless in their defense of their opinions and beliefs. The girls have friendships with boys after school or on the weekends, but in the academic setting they can focus on their schoolwork.

I love all of our Christmas traditions, from Secret Santa, to decorating poles in the cafeteria, to our Christmas Lessons & Carols concert. It makes it feel like a family here.

"Your life is not about you. It’s about God and God’s purpose for you. Orient your life to God." - Bishop Robert Barron

I love to watch and play many sports, most recently tennis. I have also played in a competitive field hockey leagues for more than 16 years. I love to hike, kayak and travel, and to spend time with my husband and our six awesome kids.

Imparting the concepts involved with seeing art, making art, and sharing the wonder and beauty of that experience with students is an awesome mission for me every day. The best days in the studio are those when students discover their potential through perseverance and engagement with the art process. Projects that make students reflect, build confidence, stretch ideas, and connect art to the world outside the studio are what drive me. I love to see when a student never gives up on her art, tries her very best, learns to trust her intuition and unleashes her creative potential.

The Senior Will. It is a platform where the entire community hears messages that symbolize the genuine connection between students and their teachers.

Creative Authenticity: 16 Principles to Clarify and Deepen Your Artistic Vision by Ian Roberts. It is a collection of essays about inner exploration and asking the questions each artist needs to address if her work is to be deep, true and meaningful.

“To develop a complete mind: Study the science of art; Study the art of science. Learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else.” - Leonardo da Vinci

Andrew Graham Dixon. He is an amazing British art historian, author of several books and producer of many art documentaries.

Other than pursuing my personal artistic goals in drawing and painting, my six-year-old son is my current primary interest outside the classroom.