我在密苏里州圣路易斯的哈里斯-斯托州立大学获得了本科学位。我在爱荷华州达文波特的卡普兰大学获得了语言、读写和特殊教育硕士学位。我在密苏里大学圣路易斯分校获得了阅读专家认证。我有超过20年的通识教育和特殊教育学生工作经验。我有超过10年的辅导学生的经验。在辅导方面，我曾以小组、单独、面对面和远程方式与学生合作。我教从学前班到五年级的小学课程，以及从高中到高中的读写能力和考试准备。我最喜欢教的科目是阅读，因为它超越了对文本的研究。我相信我们从书中学到的东西会影响我们的一生。我的教学理念是让所有的学生都能掌握丰富的知识，达到教学和学习的情境。 I believe that when we approach learning from the perspective of what children know, we are better able to help them grow as learners. My teaching style is to offer flexibility in how something is learned in order to address my students' unique learning styles. When students are given opportunities to learn in a manner that makes sense to their learning modality they are better able to be successful. My outside interests include hiking, nature photography, riding my dirt bike and learning how to play golf.