After returning from Kenya, I made the leap to city living in order to pursue my passion for working with diverse people from around the world as I moved to Seattle to work for the International Rescue Committee. There, I led a cultural orientation and English language program for recently resettled refugees and learned to tolerate Turkish coffee!
I have been passionate about school innovation and progressive education reform since my days in Dartmouth's teacher education program, but did not put my passion into practice until my second year as a teacher at Basalt Middle School in the Roaring Fork Valley. At BMS, I piloted a school-within-a-school, which emphasized project-based learning, outdoor education, and internships. This experience inspired me to pursue my Master's in Education Policy, Organization and Leadership at Stanford University in 2010 in order to gain exposure to effective school leaders seeking to transform the traditional educational paradigm.
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Growing up with the mountains of Colorado as my playground instilled in me a strong sense of place rooted in scree fields, aspen tree groves and small mountain towns. After brief stints in other parts of the world (Dominican Republic and Kenya) and the U.S. (New Hampshire, Seattle, San Francisco) I came bounding back to my roots. When I saw that Durango was opening a charter middle school centered around High Tech High principles, I leapt at the opportunity to merge my passion for teaching with that of school innovation. I am inspired by the staff, parents and students who invested their faith, time and energy into making Mountain a success in its first year. I am excited to join another world class school community, and teach 11th grade, at Animas High School.
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