I’m a teacher who loves to travel, and a traveler who loves to teach. I find great joy in exposing my students to different cultures, and hope to inspire them to become lifelong travelers through sharing my experiences around the world. Over the course of my 26 years as an educator, I have travelled to over 70 countries and participated in numerous professional development opportunities abroad, many of which you will be able to find on this site. I hope you enjoy travelling along with me because I truly believe there is no greater teacher than seeing the world and experiencing different cultures and people.
I am currently entering my 27th year of teaching in the Copiague School District.
Over the course of my career, I have participated in numerous professional development opportunities and has been the recipient of numerous awards and travel grants including the Goethe Transatlantic Outreach Program Fellowship to Germany, a Fulbright-Hays Summer Seminars Abroad Fellowship to China, the Korea Society’s Fellowship for Educators, the Japan Society’s Educators Study Tour Fellowship, an IREX Global Education Fellowship to Brazil, the Genocide Education Project’s Fellowship to Armenia, and most recently, an expedition to Southeast Greenland as a National Geographic- Lindblad Expedition Grosvenor Teacher Fellow. An active member of the social studies community, I am a Co-Chair of the Human Rights Committee for the New York State Council for the Social Studies and have presented at numerous workshops and conferences at the state and national level.
My favorite hobbies are traveling, reading, kayaking paddle boarding, hiking, bicycling, and exploring different cultural cuisines.
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