About Me

I have always been fascinated and inspired by the learning process. While it felt inevitable that this would lead me into educational work, I began my career working for a national organization that partnered with government leaders and community stakeholders on juvenile justice policy reform. During that time, I observed how state and federal policies manifested in the experiences of school-aged youth. The experience left me feeling eager to get into more people-facing work. I left my beloved city of New York, moved to the Bay Area, and went on to work as a K-8 humanities and French teacher for the next five years.

As much as I loved teaching in the classroom, it was difficult to accept how ill-equipped schools can be to provide the individualized support that some students really need at certain times in their lives. I could never relax into the culture of letting children who had so much potential fall behind solely because there was not enough time and attention to devote to their needs. To address that challenge, I regularly educated myself in contemporary research in the developmental sciences and created action plans with parents. I ended up finding a lot of success helping students overcome the constraints that impeded their ability to meet our learning objectives. Parents in the school community began to approach me as someone who was capable of yielding positive, meaningful improvements for their kids. That experience is what led me to pursue my current work.

In my free time, I travel in search of scenic backcountry, lose myself in etymological rabbit holes, or dance and sing for fun.