As a teacher, I’m passionate about giving young people the opportunity to learn more about how their own minds work, and develop their sense of identity and pride. Social-emotional learning helps create a more just world by teaching children how to connect with each other with empathy, and by building awareness of how power and marginalization affect all of us.

I use theater, music, circus, and conversation to help students uncover who they want to become, and how they want to show up in the world. Intersectionality and liberation are at the center of what I do, with an eye towards cultivating culturally responsive experiences that work for students of all neurotypes, without privileging one way of communicating over another.

My work takes place in the classroom, on the playground, and on the stage. Students practice taking perspective, developing their own voice, and creating art that illuminates their unique experiences of the world.