Fun Facts

I love music. Growing up I played piano, trumpet, electric guitar and eventually found my way to the drums. I currently play the drums in an all girl rock back that tours around Dallas, Austin and Oklahoma. I also enjoy being outdoors and throughout high school and college have played just about every sport you could name. I just recently summited Mt. Adams, an 11,000ft mountain in Washington State. I also have a special love for strategy games like chess and "Risk- the game of world domination.

About Me

I am a UT-Austin graduate and I just finished up my third year with Teach For America. I have a burning passion to bring more creativity and self expression to teacher's and student's educational experience and am in the process of setting up a non-profit that aims to do just that. My ultimate goal is to either be a principal of a charter school in the next 5 years or be running a non-profit that delivers rigorous and quality extracurricular activities to students. In either case, I want to be one of many who works tirelessly to make our education system everything our students deserve.

Working as a sixth grade math and science teacher for the last three years gave me an in depth look into the state standards and how the concepts build on each other. In my classroom, I saw first hand where common student misunderstandings would pop up and I constantly problem solved by creating hands-on activities to clarify student thinking and build a strong conceptual foundation. Once the students grasped the concept, I used fun interactive practice, such as card games, puzzles or competitions, to cement the knowledge and skills. As a teacher I had to dallas">tutor 20-32 students at a time. As a FrogTutor, I am looking forward to working one-on-one with students to truly customize their learning and watch them soar.

My core belief is that learning should be a fun and rewarding process. Throughout middle school and high school I either struggled or succeeded at math depending on my teacher. The teachers I struggled with often taught at a very surface level and never actually explained or let us discover why certain math principles worked they way they did. I've seen time and time again as a teacher that if students understand why, they can unlock the types of complex real world problems, as well as the most advanced test questions, they will encounter. I believe in meeting students at their level and building strong conceptual stepping stones from there, striving to make it fun and inte