About Me

I am a 4th generation educator so teaching is in my blood. I grew up around education. My mom was a high school English teacher and I spent lots of time as a little girl in her classroom, helped her grade papers and even served as the mascot for the drill team she advised. She also served as a counselor, assistant principal and a principal before she retired after 44 years.

After spending time in the banking and travel industries, I decided to get my teaching credential too. My choice was social science because of my love of history. I earned my credential in 2000 and entered the working world. I spent two years at the middle school level. Then I moved to the high school level where I have spent the last 11 years.

I currently teach US History. During my summers, I participate in learning seminars from organizations such as National Endowment for the Humanities, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Foundation for Teaching Economics.

I am so excited about some of the new strategies I have learned through the TAH grant and other seminars, that I wanted to share them with other history/social science teachers. Some of these lessons/strategies are ones I developed, but many are ones I learned from others. Feel free to try any and all of them in your own classroom!

Awards & Honors:

  • 2012 Outstanding High School Social Studies Teacher of the Year, California Council for the Social Studies
  • 2012 CHS Employee of the Month, April
  • 2012 Crystal Apple Award Nominee
  • 2011 Educator of Excellence Award, Inland Empire Council for the Social Studies
  • 2011 Crystal Apple Award Nominee
  • 2010 Leadership Award, Rancho Vista High School
  • 2008 Crystal Apple Award Nominee
  • 2000 Phi Kappa Phi Inductee
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