The Team

I am the Director of Education Programs at the Essex National Heritage Commission in Salem, Massachusetts. I graduated from Bates College with a B.A. in history, have an M.A.T. from Tufts University and a M.Ed. in Community Engagement from Merrimack College. I taught social studies at Gloucester High School for 8 years and then worked to evaluate and re-vamp education programming at two National Park sites. I have been in my current role at Essex Heritage since 2013 where I develop, implement, manage, and evaluate education programming that highlights the historic, cultural and natural resource-based organizations in Essex County, MA. I am also an adjunct professor at Salem State University where I teach community education and a graduate course for teachers who want to use local museums and sites in their curriculum development. I love spending time with my husband and two teenage daughters in our hometown of Topsfield.

I am the Director of Operations at Essex Heritage. I graduated with a B.A. in History and a M.Ed in Museum Education/Middle School History from Gordon College. Prior to joining Essex Heritage in early 2019, I was the Assistant Director at Marblehead Museum and the Production Manager of History Alive, Inc. in Salem. Over the last decade, I have really enjoyed diving deeper into local history and the rich cultural resources of Essex County. We live in an amazing place!

I also have a particular love of Eastern European history and, during college, I spent 2 years living in Russia studying the language and culture. My husband and I live in Salem and have two adult daughters and a young son.