ABout Me
I have had the opportunity to work with and learn from amazing heroes in education - in Texas, Honduras, California, and all over the United States! My passion and driving curiosity are around two things:
(1) helping multicultural students to develop academic language, especially if they come from hard places;
(2) training and coaching educators on how to do this.
This passion began in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, when I taught English to child laborers from a garbage dump. It was the hardest thing I have ever loved. I met some of the most extraordinary kids on earth, and I was forever changed by this experience.
When my family moved back to the United States, I wasted no time getting back into the classroom. I was delighted to find a population from Central America right in my backyard! Since that time, I have had the honor and opportunity to practice my instruction in many diverse cultural and socio-economic school settings, and in many different roles (ESL, general education, instructional coaching, professional development, and curriculum writing). My "party trick" is that I can introduce myself in seven different languages (I always ask my students to teach me their languages).
Although I am no longer in my own classroom (since I serve as an educational consultant with Seidlitz Education), I feel privileged that I get to work with and learn from teachers all over the country in different settings.
(1) helping multicultural students to develop academic language, especially if they come from hard places;
(2) training and coaching educators on how to do this.
This passion began in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, when I taught English to child laborers from a garbage dump. It was the hardest thing I have ever loved. I met some of the most extraordinary kids on earth, and I was forever changed by this experience.
When my family moved back to the United States, I wasted no time getting back into the classroom. I was delighted to find a population from Central America right in my backyard! Since that time, I have had the honor and opportunity to practice my instruction in many diverse cultural and socio-economic school settings, and in many different roles (ESL, general education, instructional coaching, professional development, and curriculum writing). My "party trick" is that I can introduce myself in seven different languages (I always ask my students to teach me their languages).
Although I am no longer in my own classroom (since I serve as an educational consultant with Seidlitz Education), I feel privileged that I get to work with and learn from teachers all over the country in different settings.
