I originally went to college to become an artist but dropped out when I could not clarify how it could support me. I was not enamored with the tales of starving artist who cut off their ears in angst. I wanted to create but was also interested in comfort. So, I went back to school for another career I thought would give me some artistic freedom becoming a hair stylist and eventually working for a color company.

For twenty years I had a different set of life experiences than those of an artist yet I still experienced angst. I made a great living owning my own business, was successful at something I never envisioned myself doing . I also learned everything can fall to pieces in an instant. I started over multiple times, each time discovering something powerful about myself and developed new skills I would hold on to forever. I have stayed the eternal student even going back at college in my forties to prepare for a new career.

I never would have known I wanted to teach if I had coward from life’s mayhem. Every turn led me closer to my ultimate career path. Guided by life’s experiences I find myself here ready to work as an educator with young people. No one could have told me this was my calling when I left college the first time but then again they couldn’t have introduced me to all the wonderful youth I would meet over the previous years either.

I have not been this excited about a career ever. I want to teach not because I played school growing up but because I have been a student all my life. I have picked up a few valuable lessons along the way that some struggling student might be able use too. I have prepared to teach by learning from life's challenges myself.