ABOUT ME

I grew up in a stone house in Philadelphia with no rooms, built in 1891 as headquarters for a Men's Singing Club.  My parents were artists and I spent my childhood tagging along at their performance art shows and attending my own, Saturday art classes. Summers, I went to the Catskill Mountains, bushwhacking, exploring creek beds, and observing the night sky with my dad. It wasn't until college that I realized when most people said, "hiking," they meant on trails. 
I studied Music and Biology in undergrad, thinking one day I would narrow down my interests. After two summers teaching at the Maria Mitchell Association, two seasons teaching at Nature's Classroom, and two years teaching wilderness survival skills in Maine, I came to love the field of education. I studied Ecology and Environmental Science at the University of Maine, where I developed hankerings for snow pants and bluegrass.  In Maine, my friends and I formed a band called "The Park St. Pickers," and played every Wednesday night at the local bar. Meanwhile, I took weekly jazz piano lessons and worked making science videos for the University's PR department. ​
I moved to Boston to work for a company that made educational media for museums, but realized I missed the field of science, and working with children. I spent summers teaching at Upward Bound and i2 Camps, and went to Tufts for a Masters in STEM Education. I recorded my first album and delved more deeply into songwriting. 
I moved back to Philadelphia in 2014 for a job as an elementary science teacher, teaching all boys. In 2023, I am starting the next chapter of life.  I founded the bands, Ants on a Log in 2015 and Open Hand in 2017, and joined the cover band, Nothing Wrong, and began samba drum classes with Unidos da Filadelfia in 2015.  I continue to study science, teaching, and music, and to harbor a love of learning and an interest in most things. ​

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