My passion for sports, athletic movement, and teaching began when I was just a child in elementary school through my experiences with awesome P.E./sports coaches.  As I moved through high school and college, that passion continued to grow with the support of my parents, teachers, and coaches.  Many years training in martial arts, playing baseball and competing in track and field made me appreciate that through hard work, failure, and persistence, comes incredible reward.  These lessons are ones that I work hard to teach my students each and every day.  I have now been teaching P.E. for 22 years at all grade levels as well as coached middle school - varsity level athletes in track and field.  My passion to teach and coach still grows each day!