About Me
The theatre is where I learned to smile.
Throughout my life, I have struggled through hardships time after time. Theatre is where I learned to smile. I found my safe haven, a place to feel free being myself. The theatre allowed me to escape and explore different worlds, and step into the shoes of a range of different personalities. My teachers in school were close advisors and I honestly considered them like family as a student. My goal as a teacher is to provide the same trust, care, and safe environment as I had been given in school, to all of my students.
Work experience
June 2023 - Present
Arbor Creek Middle School, Lewisville ISD
Theatre Teacher (6-8)
July 2022 - July 2023
Charles B. Pearson Middle School, Frisco ISD
Theatre Teacher (6-8)
May 2022 - May 2022
Country Place Elementary, Carrollton-Farmer's Branch ISD
Substitute Teaching - Theatre (K-5)
Jan. 2022 - May 2022
Braswell High School, Denton ISD
Clinical Teaching (9-12)
Oct. 2021 - Aug. 2022
Theatre Department, University of North Texas
Grader
Aug. 2021 - Dec. 2021
Flower Mound High School, Lewisville ISD
Student Observer (9-12)
Education
University of North Texas: Aug. 2018 - May 2022, 3.99 GPA
B.A. Theatre w/ Teaching Certification, Minor in English w/ Concentration in Creative Writing
Honors: Summa Cum Laude, 2021 Faculty Senate Writing Awards for Undergraduate Poetry (You Got Away With It) and Short Fiction (The Cracked Mirror)
Previous Mentors
Aimee Kasprzyk (High School Theatre Director/Teacher)
Barbara Cox (Costuming Prof.)
Marjorie Hayes (Directing Prof.)
Sarah Rutan (Voice and Movement Prof.)
Dr. Lorenzo Garcia (Theatre Education Prof.)
Dr. Christina Dearman (General Education Prof.)
Scott Taylor (Observation Teacher at FMHS)
Michelle Greene (Co-Mentor Teacher)
Ben Parker (Co-Mentor Teacher)
Wendy Barrett (Veteran Teacher Mentor, FISD)