...It won the Dolores Huerta Prize from the International Latino Book Awards, and the Hornblower Prize from the New York City Book Awards. I meet my students where they are, at all levels and ages, for a specific assignment at school or a longer-range course. I help them build on their strengths and identify the areas where they can improve. (read more)
...As a writer, I specialize in helping students get under the words in any story to realize author's purpose, understand inferencing, make connections within and beyond a text. Relating stories to the real world is a huge part of getting students of any age to want to read--and want to understand ... (read more)
...Lawrence University and Barrett House Poughkeepsie NY. are the schools where I have received my degrees/education. I have been employed @ the Dover Plains School District, Pine Plains School District, and the Northern Dutchess Christian School as an art educator. I have actively painted over the course of my lifetime, and have an interest in working with art (painting) students. (read more)
...I am an excellent and positive motivator. I have special needs experience with dozens of students, and am utilized by K-12 districts as a designated special needs substitute, and am the first teacher requested when a special needs substitute needed. I hold a Standard certificate for Elementary and Secondary Social Studies with classroom and private tutoring experience. (read more)