Middle school health teacher, Baltimore City Public Schools Model Teacher, member of the CEO Teacher Advisory Council, winner of Loyola Literacy Leadership Educator of the Year Award 2019, BDS Faculty Equity Fellow. Recently shifted to teaching health after realizing that the thing I have always loved most about teaching is talking to kids about what they are learning about themselves. Still at the Baltimore Design School, now teaching grades 6-9, loving every second of health education. Taught high school English (at all grade levels, most recently 12th) in Baltimore City Public Schools for 8 years. Worked at Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts from 2012-2015 and Baltimore Design School from 2019 to present. At the district level, led professional development and contributed to English curriculum writing for several grade levels. Earned my teaching certification from the Baltimore City Teaching Residency with the 2012 cohort. Graduated from the University of Miami with a BA in English Literature and Studio Art and a minor in Marketing in May 2012. Serve as the Secretary of the Board of Directors at A Workshop of Our Own, a non-profit woodworking education space for women and non-binary craftspeople, located in Baltimore City. Have continued to work as an artist throughout this time, occasionally taking on freelance illustration and hand-lettering or showing work at galleries and craft fairs. Skills and experience: Illustration, hand-lettering, fiber arts, screenprinting, graphic design, Photoshop and Illustrator, language arts, secondary education, literacy education, curriculum writing, working with special needs children (particularly autism), tutoring, group leadership, mentoring and coaching work, non-profit administration, copywriting, proofreading, business and personal communication, office administration.