ABOUT ME

Why I Teach

I teach because I enjoy working with young people. I would like to give them access to the same opportunities I had when I was growing up and prepare them well for an increasingly competitive world. I want to help raise expectations and standards for my students who I think are smart, amazing and capable of doing anything!

Background

This year will be my 14th year teaching math and my first year teaching in the San Francisco Unified School District.

I loved teaching in Oakland for the past 13 years. I taught for 10 years at Oakland High School. While there, I work closely with the OHS Environmental Science Academy. Prior to teaching high school, I taught 6th, 7th, and 8th grade math for three years in East Oakland and at a private school.

While at Oakland High I was Math Department Chair and the Technovation and the Technology Club sponsor. While in OUSD I was a Math Teacher Leader and Technology Teacher Leader. I was the also web master for the Oakland Education Association from 2010 to 2014 and was an OEA Union rep from 2010 to 2015.

I have a BA in Pure Math from the University of California at Berkeley. While at Cal, I led a statistics workshop for the football team through the Athletic Department's Study Center (Go Bears!). I was also an undergraduate assistant for the PDP Calculus 1A, Calculus 1B, Math 53 and Math 54 intensified sections. I worked with the Hands on Universe Program at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and studied dance at the Ailey School in NY, NY. Before teaching, I worked in finance at Barclays Global Investors in SF, CA (which has been acquired by Black Rock).

While working in finance, I volunteered at San Quintin State Prison teaching GED math. I then obtained my teaching credential from California State University East Bay. Through an IISME Summer Fellowships I wrote math curriculum for CK-12.
Currently, I am a Math For America Master Teacher Fellow at UC Berkeley and have been a mentor for new teachers through the UC Berkeley CAL Teach Program since 2012. I also currently a member of the California State Instructional Leadership Corps in partnership with the California Teachers Association and Stanford University.

Interests

Ballet and modern dance classes, cooking, sewing, opera, solving math problems, sightseeing, travel, hiking, the beach, and spending time with friends and family.