This is my 5th year at SMS! I am excited about helping our 8th graders have an awesome final year at SMS, and to help them prepare for high school. I currently teach 8th grade ELA, serve as grade chair for the 8th grade team, and help implement our schoolwide COMMIT program which focuses on being middle school ready and high school prepared. 

In the classroom I hold students to high expectations, while providing them with learning resources and tools to help them find success in their academic careers as well as their lives outside of school. Our classroom is centered around the grade-level ELA standards set forth by the state. We use MyPerspectives for our main curriculum along with a combination of trade books, relevant digital and print sources, schoolwide AVID strategies, and growth-mindset teachings to help us reach our full potential.

My Favorite Things: My husband, my family, my friends, reading, acting, comedy, art, writing, gardening, fashion, working at SMS, Christmas, any holidays, traveling, music, LOKI, #88, Mindy Kaling, The Office, Hello Kitty, cooking, Disney, Harry Potter, geek culture, biking, eating, hiking…

Education

High School Degree from Reidsville High School (NC Academic Scholar)

Associates in Arts from GTCC in Jamestown, NC (Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society)

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies (Humanities) from UNC Greensboro (graduated Summa Cum Laude)

ECU’s NCTeach program