Master's Degree, Religion, Wake Forest University A.B., Spanish/Religion, Duke University
Professional Development
Steering Committee, Charlotte Teachers Institute Charlotte Teachers Institute is teacher-led initiative to strengthen teaching and learning in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. www.charlotteteachers.org
Yale National Fellow Fellow of the Yale National Initiative to Strengthen Teaching in Public Schools, 2011, 2012, 2013.
Experience
Independence High School, 2000-present First Union National Bank, 1995-2000 Outside teaching and banking, I've done everything from restaurant management to construction to running a summer camp.Work outside teaching has taught me just how valuable the use of a second language can be on the job and in the community.
Interests
I'm very interested in updating language instruction to keep pace with developments in machine translation and other language technology.