College(s): Baylor University (BA) and Texas A&M University (MA)

Teaching History: This is my 7th year in teaching and 4th year teaching 2nd grade at Huffman. Prior to Huffman, I taught 5th grade for 2 years at Houston ISD and Mandarin Immersion for 1 year at Garland ISD.

Family: My husband, Ted and I have two daughters. Ariel is 4 year old and Annabelle is 2 year old. 

Interests/Hobbies Outside of School: Baking, traveling, and watching movies

Why did you want to start the IB PYP at Huffman? I believe learning is a lifelong process and I want my students to be passionate about learning. I love the IB program because it promotes critical thinking and challenges students to become world citizens.