Welcome fabulous students and parents! 

This is my 16th year of teaching, all here at LEE, where I teach AP World History Modern, AP Macroeconomics, AP U.S. Government and Politics, and PALS. I have also taught Regular U.S. Government, Regular and Pre-AP World Geography, Economics, and OnRamps Economics. My goal is to be able to harness my experiences traveling, living, and working in Europe, East and South East Asia, and Washington, D.C. with my love of working with students, especially the wonderful, sweet, awesome ones here at LEE!

I grew up in Southern California and earned a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations and a minor in French at the University of California at Davis. During college summers, I did internships that furthered my interest in foreign affairs and politics. I worked at The Institute for International Affairs, in Paris, France, doing research for the Director who was our former US Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and our former Ambassador to Germany. I also worked as an intern in a Congressional office in Washington, D.C.

After college, I moved to Washington, D.C. where I worked for two Members of Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives, handling various issues including foreign policy and defense. I then worked at the Brookings Institution's Center for Public Policy Education before attending The Johns Hopkins University’s School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS), where I earned a Master of Arts degree in International Relations and Japanese Studies. Afterward, I worked for a Japanese Newspaper in D.C. and then at the International Trade Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce on a program designed to incorporate U.S. business interests into U.S. international trade policy. I also headed up a program that brought the Japanese Trade Minister and other officials from the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) to Washington to dialogue with our Secretary of Commerce and other officials to further our trade relationship with Japan.

My husband Brian, a Professor in the Department of Microbiology at the UT Health Science Center, and I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for five years after we were married and have been here in San Antonio for over 27 years. Our son is a Biomedical Engineer and lives with his wife, a NICU nurse, and their sweet little boy in Indianapolis. Our older daughter is also a NICU nurse, and she and her husband, who is an accountant, live in Dallas. Our youngest daughter is getting her Doctorate in Occupational Therapy here at the UT Health Science Center and she and her fiancé, who is in business, will be married next year. 

In addition to teaching, I enjoy working with students in the following two clubs that I sponsor:

Model UN (2017 to present)

Current Events Club (2015 to present)

At home, I spend as much time as possible outside, exercising and gardening. I love to hike in the mountains, walk on the beach, do yoga, and listen to historical fiction. My greatest joy, however, is spending time with my family and friends.

I am grateful for the privilege of working with such intelligent, talented, and compassionate young people and colleagues in a school that encourages excellence and growth.