About me

I grew up in Los Altos, California, as the youngest of 3 kids. I come from a family of athletes and while I played sports myself, I was always interested in creative play, dancing, and performing, so once I found Theatre in middle school, I stuck with it! I went to Northwestern University to pursue this love of Theatre in an environment that also allowed me to study Psychology. Since graduating, I have understudied for a musical, worked as a server in a restaurant, and continued caring for children.
   
While in high school, I became very involved with the Boys and Girls Club as a program developer and instructor, tutor, and assistant teacher. With my 2nd graders, duties included monitoring recess and leading games, finding different methods to keep focus in the classroom, providing one-on-one support, and keeping the classroom tidy. With my 4th and 5th graders, I tutored and taught choir and acting classes where it was my job to inspire my students to be creative and try new things like singing in harmony. I babysat part-time for a family throughout high school in which I worked with one boy from when he was 8 to 11. In college, I worked at a Youth Theatre Camp as an assistant director and camp counselor for a musical for 6- to 9-year-olds and babysat for many families around Northwestern. These children were aged 12 months to 12 years. I had two families that I worked for consistently- one family had one 9-year-old, and one was for a family with 4 kids, age 3, 4, 7, and 10. My duties included cooking, cleaning, driving, navigating public transportation, homework help, taking care of pets, and occasionally conflict resolution. For fun, we would do arts and crafts, music and theatre activities, sports, and reading. For the younger kids, I would change diapers, feed them, bathe them, and put them to sleep.
   
I am passionate about childcare because kids are curious, imaginative, playful, brave, and smart. As a person and a performer, I strive for these qualities in myself and I love being with kids because they remind me how to be a better person and as I help them grow they help me grow as well when we have fun through play and creativity!