About me

I have been working with children since I was 13 years old when I went to my local Red Cross in White Plains New York where I grew up, to take their babysitting course! Throughout high school and college, I was always around children. Either babysitting, lifeguarding for busy summer camps or teaching swimming lessons. I didn't realize I wanted to be a teacher when I graduated from the University of Maryland College Park with a degree in Spanish Literature and French. However when I was offered a job teaching Spanish in a D.C charter school the summer after graduation, I decided to give it a try. My very first teaching job was challenging and rewarding. I taught Spanish as a specialty teacher to every grade from pre-k to 8th grade. I soon realized that I had a passion for early childhood! After this time I wanted to do some more traveling before I committed to going to graduate school, so I moved to Costa Rica to teach English as a second language while I waited for my Peace Corps placement. I soon went to Guyana in South America with the Peace Corps to teach as well. After the Peace Corps, I moved back to New York and started my Master's program at Bank Street College. In 2014, I graduated with a dual Master's in General and Special Education for Early Childhood. Since then I have been teaching in various school settings, private, public and charter schools. I taught at a private international preschool in the upper west side for 2's and 3's, kindergarten and 2nd grade. I have made a ton of really great relationships with the families of my students, who often call me for occasional babysitting. Over the years, I have learned to appreciate the earliest stages of life and how they impact development and learning. I was inspired after watching a movie called the Business of Being Born, to become a doula! For three years now, I have been teaching full time and doula-ing on the side. Now I have decided to become a full time doula and lactation consultant.

I have always enjoyed working with children 1 to 1 or in small groups where each child can get a lot of attention. I also enjoy working with children with special needs and find the work to be very rewarding. I occasionally volunteer for a center that offers free Mommy and Me classes for toddlers with Down Syndrome. My close friends would describe me as a committed, reliable person who loves to enjoy life. I am open to trying new things and I am always looking for ways to grow and improve my practice.