I am a San Diego native and a product of both Catholic and public schools. As a student at Patrick Henry High School, I started volunteering at an after school program in City Heights. It was then that I started thinking that education might be the career path for me. I received a BA in History with a minor in Education from UC Santa Cruz. I went on to receive my Master of Arts in Teaching: Elementary Education from American University in DC. While in my Masters’ program, I was an aide in 1st and 2nd grade in DC Public Schools and a student teacher in grades 3-4 at a school in Bethesda, MD.

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In September 2001, I began teaching 8th grade here at St. Rita’s School. The community that I found at St. Rita’s was like no other. I left to teach 8th grade at another diocesan school in 2014, but returned the following year because I missed my St. Rita’s family. I enjoyed the two years I spent teaching grade 2, but was happy to return to teaching 8th grade.

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I have been Vice Principal since 2021, and in 2022 was awarded Academic Decathlon Coach of the Year. I am currently pursuing a certificate in Catholic School Leadership from Loyola Marymount University.

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When 8th graders leave my class as graduates of St. Rita’s School, I hope that I have helped prepare them for their academic life in high school and beyond. Writing is an important skill students will need for high school and college, and I make sure that they can succeed as writers when they leave my class. I also want my students to have a love for reading. Reading can take us many places, and I want 8th graders to know that they can go anywhere and do anything in their future. I have a daughter, Grace, and a son, Wesley. In my spare time, I love reading, crafting, and going to the beach.