About Me

This is my 18th year at Westlake and my 22nd year as an educator.  I am very lucky to serve as Department Chair and to work alongside the talented and dedicated teachers in the World Languages department.  I have taught almost all of the levels of Latin that we offer at Westlake, and I co-sponsor our active Latin Club.  

I am also excited to pilot Dual Credit English III this year and to join the Composition & Literary Studies faculty at ACC.  English was one of my majors at UT Austin and the sole focus of my MA at the University of Virginia.  I love language and reading and all the fun things we get to do with seniors in their last year of high school English.

I enjoy using and learning about technology, and I intentionally blend different teaching and assessment styles for the benefit of my students. Sometimes work will be inquiry-driven, sometimes teacher-lead.  I try to model the kind of work ethic and willingness to try new things that I hope to see in my students.  How can I ask something of students that I am not willing to try myself?