About the Teacher

Teaching has been a passion of mine for a long time... I mean a LONG time. It had always been my top career choice since I was in the 4th grade! A photo of me in MY 7th grade year is pictured to the right! After graduating from Brick Memorial High School in 2000, I went on to Georgian Court University. There in 2004, I graduated with my Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education and Psychology and became Highly Qualified to teach science at the intermediate level of instruction.

For the 2004-2005 school year, I taught 5th grade at the Township of Ocean Intermediate School. I came to Howell Middle School North to teach 7th grade science in the fall of 2005. This is my nineteenth year teaching here and I enjoy every day of it! In the classroom, I provide a personalized environment where students use an inquiry-based and hands-on approach to learning the content covered in the 7th grade curriculum. I consider myself to be an extremely creative, motivating, caring, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual... all traits that will help students grow and learn in a positive way. In addition to teaching, I coach the school's Cross Country Team and Track and Field Team; I also co-advise the Robotics, Chess, and Lego Leaders Club.

In 2013, I returned to school to enhance my own content knowledge and to keep up on the latest in engineering ideas and technology. I took five graduate courses at Steven's Institute of Technology and in 2015, completed their graduate certificate program in Science & Engineering Foundations for Education. In addition, I hold the NJ Middle School Science Certificate. Each year I continue to actively participate in numerous science, engineering, and pedagogical professional development opportunities and always look forward to implementing many new ideas I have!

Outside of the classroom I enjoy riding my two Quarter horses, spending time with my family, Australian Shepherd and barn kitty, camping, watching NASCAR, playing piano, kayaking, drawing, and working around my hobby farm!