Middle School

Interests: I love to read, rock climb, run and garden. I also paint and love to create art, especially fiber arts. I like camping, riding my bike and hiking.
Things that make me smile: I enjoy being creative and being creative with others. I like spending time outside with family and friends.
Educational Philosophy: Learning requires action! Experience with new concepts in multiple contexts and modalities, especially through experience and connection to the real world facilitates learning.
Favorite Part of My Job: I love to learn, I love to see others learn.
My Hero: My parents! They have demonstrated hard work, sacrifice and compassion for others.

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.

Interests: Running, going to the gym, roller skating, gardening.
Things that make me smile: My daughters’ smiles, spending time with friends and family, my dogs’ silliness, a good meal, listening to music, crunching dry leaves.
Favorite part of my job: I love the richness of my students, their openness to different cultures and languages and their ability to adapt and reinvent themselves. I love seeing them become leaders, take ownership of their academic abilities and artistic talents, and positively influence their communities.
My hero: Malala Yousafzai.
What I value most: My family, the spirit of perseverance. I deeply value the ability to adapt to changes.