Middle School

Interests: Video games, anime, volleyball, learning languages, mathematics, cooking, ballroom dancing.
Things that make me smile: Flowers, coffee, trips to Target, good food, sleeping.
Educational Philosophy: The difference between a novice and a master is that a master has failed more times than the novice has tried.”
Favorite Part of my job: Making life-lasting relationships with my students and the community.
My Hero: My father.
What I value Most: My loved ones, my time, my mental wellbeing.

Interests: I love to explore new places with my family, read, and spend time in nature. I also enjoy baking, crafting, exercising, and I aspire to play a musical instrument.
Things that make me smile: I love listening to the ideas of young, creative, and imaginative minds. I enjoy being in the presence of good company, warm cups of tea, and bird watching.
Favorite Part of My Job: Everyday there is something new to be learned.
My Hero: My mom.
What I value Most: I value sincerity, kindness, and friendship. I value time spent with others, and my community.

Interests: Writing, reading, painting, drawing, traveling to beautiful places, history, cooking large quantities of food, tennis, thrifting, classical philosophy, my first grandchild (arriving in April), and making the world a better place.
Things that make me smile: Emily Dickenson poems, Paintings in the Musée D’Orsay, Watching baseball in the spring, Navajo tacos at the State Fair, Alexander Calder mobiles, Carne adovada at Mary and Tito’s, Being a NYT Queen Bee occasionally, Luminaria on Christmas Eve, Two roads diverging in a yellow wood, Building sand castles on the beach, Hot air balloons in the fall, A green chile cheeseburger at Santa Fe Bite, Old Volkswagen Bugs, Pastries at Burque Bakehouse, Long treatises on ancient philosophy, Happy adventures with my family.
Favorite part of my job: Teaching funny, wonderful, brilliant students about literature, history, logic, geography, thoughtful writing, critical inquiry, and the value of being citizens of the world.
My hero: My mom.
What I value most: My family, my religion, my formal education, my friends, and the often-difficult lessons I’ve learned in life.