W E L C O M E !

Why write here? 

Hey there, Avery Balasbas here. I'm a former San Francisco Unified High School English Teacher. Now, I'm the [West Coast] Partnerships Manager at the Modern Classrooms Project. Recruiting and coaching teachers to implement MCP's blended, self-paced, and mastery-based instructional model. 

I'm an Asian American, Bay Area native. After a lot of brainstorming and encouragement from others, I decided I should do something with my writing. I feel like that's the best way to put my other hobbies, passions, and art capabilities to good use. After designing a Google Site for my classes I figured I'd try it out for my own purposes. Find a way to get my content out there without feeling the pressure of posting daily or weekly. Or even waiting for the likes and comments to come in.

"Why [create] here?" At the time (2019), it didn't feel like there was any platform or space that allowed me to feel comfortable posting content without some sort of social pressure. Even though I make videos as a hobby, more often  than not, I got caught up in the analytics of what I'm publishing or creating. And I can't say that I'll ever get over that, but today, I'm just comfortable creating for myself. 

My writing or drawings have been locked away in lined paper, thank you/celebratory cards, yearbooks, moleskins, journals, and the notes on my phone. My curriculum ideas are somewhere deep in a folder. And my photos, videos, or media are deep in my external or never downloaded from the SD card. I want to have a space where that's shared and accessible to others.

Click on any of the pages & explore! Thanks for stopping by!