Quick Bio

I am an independent school educator with eighteen years of teaching experience in high school English classrooms (at Cate School (Carpinteria, CA), The American School in London (UK), and Windward School (Los Angeles, CA)) and seven years chairing English departments. I earned my B.A. in English and Creative Writing (Summa Cum Laude) from Emory University (2001), my M.A. in Literature and Writing from Boston University (2004), and my M.Ed. from Teachers College at Columbia University (2015). Teaching in the realms of literature and writing continues to be one of my greatest joys. My partner Kevin, daughter Lulu, and I live in Davidson, North Carolina.