About MeI enjoyed my childhood amidst the groves of Redlands and spent my teenage years picking oranges off the trees across from my own high school, Redlands East Valley. As a daughter of a music teacher and a musical instrument repairman, I was expected to participate in music from a young age. Since the age of five, I have played music on a variety of instruments from the piano to the trombone to the bass. In 2005 I began my career as a professional jazz musician, and for five years, I had the opportunity to travel all over Southern California performing the music I love. In high school, I was highly involved with marching band.
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Throughout all of this musical chaos, I still found time to play softball for twelve years, standing behind the plate as catcher from Little League to high school Varsity and well into my college years. After graduating high school in 2009, I attended University of California, Irvine where I received my Bachelor of Arts in History, with an emphasis in European history, alongside a minor in Education. I realized that teaching was my true calling after a variety of jobs failed to ignite the same passion as being an educator. In 2014, I came back to the Inland Empire to receive my teaching credential in Social Science from California State University, San Bernardino.
So, why history? In high school, I had a history teacher that encouraged me to look past the facts, and to see history for what it really is: access to the human experience. I have always been happiest when around people, and as overwhelming as human beings can be at times, we are fascinating creatures that can produce the most beautiful creations imaginable. When I went to college, I knew I wanted to build upon this idea. I have never looked back since.
Well, except when literally looking back, in the study of history.
My decision to become a teacher, aside from the fact that I absolutely love to teach, comes from my deep-set interest in making our communities and our society a better place. I believe that any and all forms of education are how we critically evaluate all that surrounds us, and through this, we better ourselves as individuals and thus our surroundings. Education is how we become the best versions of ourselves, and I want to provide as many resources for success as possible to the students of this community, state, and nation.
I cannot express in words my excitement to be a part of the RMHS family again this upcoming year, so I will end with this: as awesome as the past is, the future could not be more exciting.
So, why history? In high school, I had a history teacher that encouraged me to look past the facts, and to see history for what it really is: access to the human experience. I have always been happiest when around people, and as overwhelming as human beings can be at times, we are fascinating creatures that can produce the most beautiful creations imaginable. When I went to college, I knew I wanted to build upon this idea. I have never looked back since.
Well, except when literally looking back, in the study of history.
My decision to become a teacher, aside from the fact that I absolutely love to teach, comes from my deep-set interest in making our communities and our society a better place. I believe that any and all forms of education are how we critically evaluate all that surrounds us, and through this, we better ourselves as individuals and thus our surroundings. Education is how we become the best versions of ourselves, and I want to provide as many resources for success as possible to the students of this community, state, and nation.
I cannot express in words my excitement to be a part of the RMHS family again this upcoming year, so I will end with this: as awesome as the past is, the future could not be more exciting.