About the Teacher
This is my fourth year in Norwin School District. While I have previously served as a special education paraprofessional and an extended substitute science teacher, this year, I will be a long-term substitute teacher at the high school for the entire 2026-27 school year.
I was born and raised in the Boston area. I earned my bachelor's degree in Biophysical Chemistry from Dartmouth College and my PhD in Chemistry from Brandeis University. As a graduate student, I regularly taught Introductory Chemistry Lab to first-year college students and assisted faculty in lecture instruction. After graduation, I was employed as a research chemist at a government research lab for five years.
I left New England several years ago and eventually became a certified secondary science teacher in another state. Since moving to the Norwin area three years ago, I pursued and completed my Pennsylvania teaching certification through Point Park University, culminating in a teaching internship at another Westmoreland County school district. I am now certified in Grades 7-12 Chemistry, Biology, and General Science.
My husband Craig is an elementary music teacher in Norwin at Hahntown and Sheridan Terrace Elementary Schools. We have three children, the oldest of whom is a Norwin graduate while the youngest two are NHS seniors.
Favorite Quotes:
"When one teaches, two learn." ~ Robert A. Heinlein
"If you're scientifically literate, the universe looks very different to you, and that understanding empowers you." ~ Neil DeGrasse Tyson