Fun Facts

I love to do yoga! I practice every morning, and someday I hope to become a yoga instructor. I also love to go hiking and camping, and growing up, Kurt Vonnegut's granddaughter was one of my best friends.

About Me

I am a rising junior at Emory University, majoring in Psychology and Women's Studies. I love working with kids and giving them the tools to succeed, and someday I hope to be either a teacher, guidance counselor, or child psychologist. I am very dedicated to my studies and I love to learn, so I also aspire to earn a PhD in child development.

I have been working with children for several years. For the past three summers I have worked as a counselor at an overnight Christian camp, for children between the ages of 6 and 18. In the 2011-2012 academic year, I took a year off from Emory to serve with City Year, a national education based non-profit organization. While serving with City Year, I was placed in a third grade classroom at an inner city elementary school in Manchester, NH. In my classroom I worked with 8 specific students who were identified as "off track", meaning that they were behind grade level in either math or reading. Each day, I would pull them aside individually or in small groups, and reinforce the lesson and the concepts they needed to master. Through this placement, I was able to provide differentiated instruction, which was possible with just one classroom teacher. At the end of the year, all of my students made significant academic leaps, to the point where they are all on grade level. In addition to their scores improving, my students have also made significant gains in their confidence and independence. I am confident that they will all succeed in fourth grade next year.

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