Class Assignments: All student assignments and due dates can be found in Canvas by class. Parents/guardians can view the upcoming assignments. All final grades are recorded in Synergy.

Personal Statement

Background:

My teaching/counseling path started when I was 18. I was a hiking and science counselor for an outdoor education program in New Mexico. In my first "real job", I worked on a capital fundraising drive (The Campaign for Yale) for my college alma mater. Next, I was a middle school English teacher and Director of Development for six years at McDonogh School (pk-12) in Maryland. Later in my teaching career, I worked at the University of Portland (UP) as an adjunct professor in the Business School (finance, cross-cultural management, and leadership). Before my stint at UP, I worked in business for 25 years in various industries -- textile manufacturing (2 years), wireless communications distribution (13 years), and investment management (10 years). I have had many years of experience serving on public companies and non-profit boards of directors. Colleagues say I bring "real world" experience to our business students. This is my eighteenth year as a teacher and coach and my ninth year at Lincoln.

This Year:

For the 2023-2024 academic year, I am teaching CTE (Career & Technical Education) classes: IB Business Management - Standard Level (dual credit), IB Business Management- High Level, and Personal Finance & Investment (dual credit). The business dual credit classes are in collaboration with Portland Community College. Over the past eight years, in addition to my current classes, I have taught College & Career Exploration, Creative Writing - Fiction, Urban Exploration, Journalism-Media Studies, Intro to Business, Intro to Personal Finance, Construction Jobsite Management and Intro to Accounting.

Other:

I also serve as a volunteer assistant coach on the Lincoln wrestling team and the Lincoln lacrosse team. I am the faculty advisor for the Lincoln Chapter of National Honor Society, Lincoln Investment Club, and other student-run clubs. My hobbies include hiking, running, cooking, gardening, singing and writing.

Schedule A Days

Period         Class                                                                                Room Assignment

1                 Teacher Collaboration                                                     Room 273/275

2                 IB Business Mgmt - SL (CTE Dual Credit)                  Room 275                

3                 IB Business Mgmt - SL (CTE Dual Credit)                  Room 275

4                 IB Business Mgmt - HL (CTE)                                         Room 275

Schedule B Days

5                 Teacher Collaboration                                                    Room 273/275

6                 Teacher Preparation                                                        Room TBD 

7                 IB Business Mgmt - HL (CTE)                                         Room 275

8                 Personal Finance & Inv. (CTE Dual Credit)                Room 275