Educator

“I would like to be known as an intelligent woman, a courageous woman, a loving woman, a woman who teaches by being.”–Maya Angelou

In 2010 Her Nashville published my narrative essay, “Beyond the Classroom” which began…        

I’ve traded with Turkish street vendors, squealed at squid on a Mykonos beach, and ogled where Oedipus consulted the Oracle of Delphi…Whether skiing in Colorado, wave-running in Florida, or rappelling in Tennessee…whether floating on Venetian canals, punting around Cambridge’s campus, or trolling halls of a flooded school…this teacher has been on a wild ride. All with students in tow… That is, till they catch wind and set sail, lifelong learners in motion. If I call my students to be passionate about learning and life, I must be too. If I want them to try the road less traveled, I must blaze the trail.   

I didn’t know then that my career as an educator would include teaching high school students in Morocco for two years and in the Dominican Republic for one year. Or that in 2018 I’d join the English Department at Middle Tennessee State University. Or that in 2023, I’d teach an adult writing workshop in Marrakesh.

My mission — whether teaching, writing, or editing — is to model and promote lifelong learning, curiosity, creativity, collaboration, empathy, and cultural understanding.

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