ABOUT

Ms. Belle

I grew up on the edge: where suburbs and countryside meet. My free time was most often spent wandering along creeks, meadows, and forests--or exploring other worlds in books, from the English gardens in The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett, to the landscape of Middle Earth in The Lord of the Rings, by J. R. R. Tolkien, to "Other Worlds" created by Ursula Le Guin.

Early on, the love of words found me at a blank page myself--creating characters and worlds of my own.

Combine those two loves with an early incident between my little brother and a teacher, and that explains my years of interest and effort in education--as a student, parent, advocate, and teacher.

My hope is to connect with each student and find what they need to unlock the amazing world of the written word--both theirs and others--giving them the power to express themselves in the world.