• 1999-2000 Taught High School Science and coached varsity soccer at Seton Catholic HS in Chandler, Arizona
• 2001-2004 Taught High School Science and coached varsity soccer and was the discus/shot put coach at Cactus Shadows HS in Cave Creek, Arizona
• 2004-2006 Taught High School Science and coached varsity soccer at Woodlawn HS in Baltimore County
• Served as ninth grade form chair from 2008-2018
• Organized and facilitated ninth grade Christmas Tree Sale from 2010-2017
• Volunteered on the admissions team to give tours and conduct interviews for potential candidates to the Upper School
• Attended Stanley H. King Institute in 2012
• Presented at SAIS Annual Conference: "Building Our Cultural Competence in a Flat World," October 2016
• Attended CBF Environmental Leadership Conference for Independent School Leaders, July 2018
• Participant in Shelburne Farms Education for Sustainability Summer Institute, 2019
• Attended NSTA Conference in Chicago, Illinois, 2022

Q&A

What inspired you to become a teacher?
I remember a college interview I participated in when visiting Wartburg College. I was asked what I wanted to do when I finished university. I told them that I wanted a job where I worked with and helped people. The moment I stepped into my first high school science class was the day I knew I had found that job. Working with young people, and sharing my passion for physics and the environment is something I thoroughly enjoy doing.

People might not know…
I grew up in Rock Island, Illinois, a midwest town that's a part of the Quad Cities. My first "real job" was being a batboy for the Quad City River Bandits, which was a single-A baseball team that was affiliated with the Houston Astros at the time. It was, by far, my most favorite job growing up. I had a chance to meet some awesome people and always had the best seat in the house for every home game!