About Me
I joined Teach For America after graduating from Georgetown University in 2003. As a Newark corps member, I taught public school pre-K where I furthered the growth of my students in all developmental domains, making sure that they entered kindergarten with the foundation of skills needed to succeed.
While teaching, I advanced the professional development of other early childhood educators by serving as a model teacher in the district and becoming the model used to train Teach For America pre-K corps members across the country. I also contributed to the larger dialogue about the prospects of high quality pre-K by being Pre-K Now’s first teacher blogger from 2006-7. During that time, I partnered with Gryphon House to publish a book based on my experiences in the classroom. The final product, Good Morning, Children: My First Years in Early Childhood Education, will be published in April 2009.
In 2007, I left the classroom to help expand Teach For America's early childhood education initiative in urban and rural areas across the country. I am currently pursuing a Master's in Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.
I aim to leverage my insights from the classroom, Teach For America, and graduate school to shape policies that ensure all children can realize their potential.