Leadership
“Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you."
-Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously.”
-Eleanor Roosevelt
Director
Challenge and Potential
I grew up in Marietta, Georgia and attended Marietta public schools-a small but highly diverse district. It was an amazing learning community. It was student-focused and agile in making improvements. The diversity was an invaluable expansion on the learning opportunities. I became more accepting from a young age and more protective of students’ right to feel safe, loved, included, and with infinite potential regardless of gender expression, race, sexuality, or country of origin.
I began seeking out educational opportunities to expand my perspectives even farther while being more focused. I attended boarding schools in Hawaii and Colorado that taught through real world connections and homeschooled while part of a pre-professional arts program. Through these unique opportunities, I found a path for my life, using education to broaden access to opportunities. I believe vast educational opportunities in a unique and dedicated community have the greatest opportunity to change the world.
I attended New College of Florida Honors College, the University of Georgia, and Mount Holyoke University receiving a Masters of Arts in Teaching, Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus on international cultures and impacts on education and opportunities, a Bachelor of Arts in History with a focus on Asian, African, and Spanish-Colonized American world history, a certificate in African Studies, and a minor in drama. I followed a learning path that was unique but very purposeful to provide me with the skills I needed to become the kind of teacher I wanted to be–a teacher capable of helping her students harness the opportunities education can provide.
Unique thinkers create unique solutions.
I have traveled to 36 American states and 26 countries (so far.) I learned to milk a cow in New Zealand as a farm assistant, how to create Batik fabric in Indonesia as a Peace Corps volunteer, and how to sew a sari for a children’s fashion show in Hungary.
I have worked with students on four different continents from preschool to college-age. As I worked in Indonesia as a high school teacher and teacher trainer at a vocational school, I realized the education sector needed a more supportive infrastructure to create the agents of change armed with critical thinking skills, professional skills, and content knowledge that I sought. My vision grew.
I have used my education and teaching experience in schools for gifted students, Montessori schools, Expeditionary Learning schools, International Baccalaureate schools, and even vocational agricultural schools to form my own philosophy of education. Our programs inspire independence, inquiry, inclusion, and innovation with an international mindset.
I believe the greatest justice in this world is to fully understand your opportunities, choices, and consequences. Every dream is obtainable with the right knowledge and willingness to put that knowledge to action through difficult, purposeful work. Knowledge is a resource that, if equally shared, can create a generation able to act with forethought and empathy, reflecting and respecting the input of every person. My action is to educate students worldwide to become leaders of that generation. My dream gave me a reason to never stop learning. I have spent every day learning, focusing on gaining a multitude of skills and stories to teach future students.
Education that inspires independence, inquiry, and innovation with an international mindset.
I get to work toward a brighter future everyday. I get to learn from others and know that we are helping students discover the world and what impact they want to make. I teach skills to achieve goals. I believe in every student’s ability to learn to analyze, empathize, imagine, and create. I am privileged to be the founder of a program that can allow unique thinkers to become catalysts of our future world.
