About me

When I was 14, I would watch my neighbors' kids, teaching them piano and refereeing their basketball games. During college and graduate school, I would tutor students in music, and babysit a couple of great kids who were new to the area. I helped them learn to love their new city, being from Albuquerque originally. After graduating from The Boston Conservatory, I found myself in New York City nannying kids, teaching piano and voice lessons, and specializing in children's theatre as an actress. Again, I nannied a child who was new to Brooklyn and missed California terribly. She was behind in reading, and didn't want to give her new home a chance. I loved finding ways to combine her reading work with a fun activity: for example, I once had her read a book about spies (she loved spies), and then took her to the Discovery exhibit on espionage.

Having moved to New York to be an actress, I did a national tour with Theatreworks USA's "Ramona Quimby," which is when I realized that I wanted to be involved in literature. I did an internship at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and got to work on Curious George books – I even got to write one (Gymnastics Fun, now available for sale!) Now I'm finally living my dream, living in New York, and I am ready to do what I love: help kids grow.