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Professional Introduction

I am a Single Subject credential candidate in Foundational Math graduating Chico State in Spring 2026. I am completing my student teaching at Durham High School where I have taken the lead teaching a Core Connections 3 course and an Integrated Math 1 course using standards-based grading and research-based Universal Design for Learning methodologies. I also help run the Girls Who Code club at Durham High and taught a Computer Science course at Butte College in Fall 2025.

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Teaching Philosophy

In AD 65 Seneca the Younger bemoaned that the content taught to him was not relevant to life: Non vitae sed scholae discimus (“We learn not for life but for class time.”) I strive to make my math content so relatable that this ancient thought never crosses kids’ minds, “when will I ever use this in real life?”

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Teaching Metaphor

Never let your candle dim!

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About Me

I'm not your average math teacher.

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Lesson Plan Sample

Analyze climate data with me IRL.

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