I am a native of Brockton, Massachusetts (the former shoe capital of the world and of boxers: Rocky Marciano and Marvin Hagler). I have lived in different regions of the United States: New England, Mid-Atlantic, and the South.

Education Background

• Language and Literacy Education (LL ED) Graduate Credit Certificate Program - Pennsylvania State University
• Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Graduate Credit Certificate Program - Applied Linguistics - Pennsylvania State University
• Fellow, 2012 National Writing Project, Capitol Area Affiliate - Pennsylvania State University
• English as a Second Language (ESL) Program Specialist and Leadership - Post Baccalaureate Credit Certificate Program - Pennsylvania State University.  
• Masters of Education (concentration : Training and Development) - Pennsylvania State University
• Reading/counseling (Graduate studies) -  University of Louisville
• Bachelor of Science in Education - Boston State College

Work Background

• English for Academic Purposes - college preparatory - SPC - adults
• English as a Second Language - Elizabethtown, PA - adults and children
• Writing Instructor - High School Cooperative Learning Center
• Advertising Sales -  South Central Bell and NYNEX Yellow Pages
• Regional Manager - Welcome Wagon Sales and training
• Elementary Educator - Fort Knox Military Schools

My Educational philosophy/mission:

• to facilitate a love of learning
• to come along side of students and learn with them
• to encourage students to become life-long learners
• to value all cultures with a global perspective
• to look at not only where a person is from, but where that individual wants to go 
• to have students realize that what he or she puts into something is what they will get back
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My interests include:  Ayurveda health, golf, yoga, swimming, and always enjoying my friends and family.