I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE

I Teach. I made a conscious decision to revolve my life and my career around our Nation’s young people. Why?

 

My students are me. As I've gotten to know my students, I see myself. I see minorities. Foster youth. Broken, fatherless homes. Kids struggling with intellectual disabilities.  However, I also see first generation graduates, overcomers. I see students who are the epitome of determination, perseverance, resiliency. Me.

 

 

Inspired.
In all my 9 years of teaching, I have taught High School and most recently Middle School and I’ve been able to keep a close relationship with my students over the decade. When I meet people outside of education, I always get this dramatic “Oh my gosh, you’re crazy” reaction. I teach because... who else will take on the task?

 

I teach because I want my impact to be great. I want to inspire as many young people as possible–daily. Our youth are neglected in more ways than you know. And I’ve been there.

 

I teach so that I can give back–daily.

Teaching is my superpower. When it’s your passion, you have to do it and you always find a way to make it happen…

 

 

My students–many of them, drive me everyday to be the best version of myself because I remember being them. I remember qualifying for free and reduced lunches and because I didn’t have money to buy my own lunch everyday. I remember wondering what money I would use to buy an SAT textbook, and taking my SATs not once or twice but 3 times and praying for a better score only to see that it was worse. 

 

I also remember my drive and go-getter attitude. I remember how nonetheless, those cafeteria meals fed me and I had more energy than the students who went off campus to eat. I remember how giving up was never an option—what is there to lose by continuing to try?