Welcome and Meet Your New Teacher

I am so excited to be your child's teacher!! We are going to have a great year, and I look forward to working with your child.

A little about me:

I am the product of a college English professor father and a 44 year veteran of the classroom mother.  Although I didn't start out my career in education, I got here as soon as I could!  

My elementary education began in Aldine ISD at Carmichael Elementary.  Since my mother was a teacher at the middle school I was slated to attend, and all of the teachers there had known me since age 3, we moved to Spring Branch ISD.  I graduated Magna Cum Laude from Northbrook High School in 1996.  I then went to Bryn Mawr College outside Philadelphia, PA where I graduated in 2000 with double majors in History and Russian.

Before finding my place in the education world, I did spend time in the legal and insurance industries, but something was always missing.  As a child I had always loved learning, loved teaching kids how to sail, tutoring students in English, and I realized that I needed to be in a classroom.  So I made the decision to get my Alternative Certification from University of Houston-Downtown, and it has been the best decision I've ever made.  I'm happy to say that after spending time in HISD and Cy-Fair, I’m happy to be back home in Spring Branch as a fourth grade teacher.  

When I am not teaching or thinking about teaching, I enjoy reading, traveling, camping, music, movies, and playing with my daughter Emma.