Contact Info:
Ms. P's Zoom Room
(email me for the passcode)
907-260-2325
Office Hours
M-F 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Ms. P's Zoom Room
(email me for the passcode)
907-260-2325
Office Hours
M-F 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM
I was born and raised in Milan, Italy, where I graduated with a double major in French and English language and literature from the IULM University of Milan. I did not embrace the teaching profession right away. Initially, I worked in business and marketing, in Milan and Rome. Then I expanded to graphic design, starting my own activity when I moved to Southeast Alaska in 2003 making Haines my permanent residence for eight years.
It was almost by chance that I was asked to join the Haines Borough School District as a Special Education teacher aide for a non-verbal student with severe disabilities who needed a one-to-one aide with technology skills to facilitate his communication capabilities. This experience is what brought me back to school in more than one way. I enrolled in the Master in Art of Teaching program at UAS, Juneau, and worked at the HBSD as a Spanish and Social Studies student teacher for a year before being hired by the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District in 2009.
Since August 2009, I was able to merge my passion for technology and for language acquisition by teaching French, Italian, Spanish, and CTE courses to high school students districtwide.
In 2016 I started the Educators Rising KPBSD chapter, offering high school students of our school district the opportunity to join this remarkable national organization, and explore in a fun and friendly way, a future career in Education. Along with this project, I started offering dual credit Education courses.
This past summer I had the privilege to chaperon a group of KPBSD Educators Rising students to Washington DC for the Educators Rising National Leadership Conference. It was a hoot!
During the Summer I also reserve a couple of weeks for chaperoning students on educational travels to Europe, where I can share with them my beloved heritage.
I do enjoy the outdoors, doing pottery, painting, crocheting, listening to all kinds of music, fishing, picking berries, and harvesting mushrooms, but especially being with my family!
✨ Fun Fact: I am a big fun of the Muppets... Ms. Piggy is my favorite! ✨
My Philosophy of Education
My approach to teaching languages