我毕业于威斯康星大学法学院。我在伊利诺斯州莱尔市的本尼迪克特大学获得了英语文学和中等教育学士学位。我以前的教学/辅导经验包括在James B. Conant高中教11年级学生英语，并从事阅读和语言艺术的一对一辅导。此外，我也有一些与ESL学生打交道的经验。我同样热衷于教授文学(包括阅读和写作技能)以及社会科学。虽然教授写作技巧有时具有挑战性，但我发现这种努力是值得的，因为我喜欢看到学生在最终掌握通过写作成功表达自己的能力时体验到一种满足感和成就感。我的教学和辅导经验告诉我，每个人都有自己的学习节奏，为了让学生学习成功，教师必须拥有耐心和理解能力。此外，我是“熟能生巧”哲学的坚定信徒。再多的理论或概念学习也不能让学生了解自己在某一特定学科中的优势或劣势，而这实际上需要学生积极地将这些理论或概念应用到学习练习和/或问题中。当我不顾及工作和家庭的义务时，我有一些我喜欢涉足的兴趣。 I am an art lover and enjoy checking out the various collections at museums both in nearby areas and abroad. I am an amateur photographer and in high school I learned how to develop black and white photos in the darkroom. Additionally, I took my first screen printing class last year and quickly fell in love with this particular medium. I am hoping to take an intermediate level of screen printing sometime in the near future. I also love to travel and have been fortunate enough to visit some great places over the past few years. Next on my list of countries to visit include Spain, Portugal and Italy. I am still an avid reader, my favorite genres being historical fiction and biographies.