(pronounced Bee-ya-jot-ee)

Hello Bobcat family! I'm beyond excited to start my 7th year of teaching and my first year at Otto. My previous 6 years of experience have been at the high school level. American History is a passion of mine and I'm so lucky to be able to share that with the awesome 8th graders here!

I was born in Maryland but raised in New York, just north of New York City. I obtained my Bachelor's degree in Secondary Social Studies Education at SUNY New Paltz. When I was unable to obtain a long term teaching position I pursued a Master's degree in Business and Marketing. I wasn't able to put aside my love for teaching so my family relocated to Georgia and I picked up my education career again. About 2 years ago my husband's job moved us to Texas and we've fallen in love with the area.

When I'm not teaching I'm usually playing video games with my son and husband or on my front porch reading.