"Without effort, your talent is nothing but unmet potential. Without effort, your skill is nothing more than what you could have done, but didn't.

With effort, talent becomes skill and, at the very same time, effort makes skill productive."

-Angela Duckworth

Hello!

Born in San Francisco, I was raised in the beautiful foothills of the Sierra Nevadas in Auburn, California. After graduating with a BS in Elementary Education and a minor in music, I taught 1st grade for three years at St. Hope Elementary PS7 in Sacramento before moving to Madison in 2007. I still love California, but Madison has been the dream we didn't know we had. My husband and I have two boys, both proud alumni of Horizon Elementary. I ran a small preschool for 9 years before switching to Gifted Education here at Horizon Elementary in 2020. 

I love to learn and have many interests, but my first loves are my family and helping young minds reach for their potential. I subscribe to Joseph Renzulli's theory that giftedness is a behavior, not an attribute. I also believe that parents are their child's first teacher and best advocate, and that we best serve our children as partners in education. 

We're going to have a wonderful year together, it's great to be a Horizon Eagle!