在获得田纳西大学言语传播专业的硕士学位后，我搬到了加州，在那里我在有线电视行业呆了几年。我经营了几个地方频道，制作、导演和编写节目。作为一所大学多媒体中心的主任，我教授电视制作、电影史、英语、演讲、辩论和辩论。我有幸与许多学龄儿童合作，他们制作并编写了自己的电视节目。1999年，我回到科罗拉多州，继续在Front Range社区学院教英语和演讲。从2000年开始，我还担任传播顾问，帮助演讲者和作家制作广告和宣传材料，调整网站内容，撰写/修改简历和商务传播。我目前是一家网上股票交易学校的教育经理。我们的学生年龄从16岁到86岁不等，所以他们来到我们这里时，拥有不同程度的技术知识和技能。我有机会辅导许多不同学科的学生。虽然我几乎可以在任何科目上帮助年幼的孩子，但我在帮助初中生和高中生提高阅读和写作能力、学习技能和时间管理方面最为成功。 I have worked with them to improve their reading comprehension skills, essay-writing (for class and college entrance/tests), and writing across-the-curriculum. Expressing themselves clearly is a particular challenge for many students who excel in math and science but who have experienced frustration with writing assignments. Current trends in education reform have inspired me to expand my tutoring activity. While the reforms have presented new challenges for students and their families, I have been able to help them adapt by drawing on my deep understanding of the standards, testing and curricular elements involved. In my free time I enjoy swimming, skiing, hiking with my dog, cooking, gardening, yoga, and watching Rockies baseball.