- a teacher of 12th grade Gifted, 10th grade Honors, and 10th grade Seminar English at Parkland High School
- a graduate of Lehighton Area High School, Bucknell University (B.A.), and Wilkes University (M.Ed.)
- an enthusiastic lover of all things teacher tech and grudging accepter of all things social media
- a consumer of all things fantasy and philosophical literature and avoider of all things Kardashian
- a lover of the wild beauty of the outdoors and the nerd beauty of a good library