B.S. Elementary Education

               University of Maryland, College Park

Post-Graduate Studies, Reading Education

                Johns Hopkins University

M.Ed. Educational Leadership

                    American College of Education

Advanced Professional Teaching Certification

                             Administration I and II

                                 Elementary Education Grades 1-6 & Middle School

                           Maryland State Department of Education 

1997-1998 3rd Grade, Goshen Elementary School, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

1998-1999 1st-2nd Grade Combination Class, Garrett Park Elementary School, MCPS

1999-2002 3rd Grade, Garrett Park Elementary School, MCPS

2002-2005 1st-5th Grade Reading Intervention Teacher, Garrett Park Elementary School, MCPS

2009-2010 Media and Middle School FLEX, St. John Regional Catholic School, Archdiocese of Baltimore (AOB)

2010-2015 1st and 2nd Grade Reading/English Language Arts and Middle School FLEX Teacher, SJRCS, AOB

2015-2016 2nd and 3rd Grade Reading/English Language Arts and Middle School FLEX Teacher, SJRCS, AOB

Born in Germany, raised in a bilingual, multi-generational Italian household, and married to a man whose grandparents were Deaf and fluent in American Sign Language; I have had an exposure to and a love of language my whole life.  It is not surprising to me that I spend my days teaching English/Language Arts in the morning to the first and second graders and American Sign Language, Greek and Latin Etymology, and Italian to middle schoolers in the afternoons.  I am a self-professed bibliophile. One peek into my ELA classroom and you will know it is true!

I began teaching in 1997, and have had diverse teaching experiences.  In addition to teaching and playing the role of mom to my 7th grader and 4th grader, I am in a master's program for Educational Leadership.  If all goes well, my degree will be conferred this November!

I look forward to a new academic year with some fresh and some familiar faces. Please let me be a resource as we facilitate your student's learning experiences, both at school and at home.