1. My Life Before MAT…
• I have a Bachelors in Environmental Engineering
from Syracuse University.
• I worked as a civil engineer in the Syracuse area for
13 years.
• I was very involved with the local Society of Women
Engineers (SWE) section and fell in love with working
with students. I thought it would be an amazing
thing to be able to go to work every day with the
goal of getting students excited about science and
engineering!
•Other stuff? Well, since joining the MAT program
there is no “other stuff” in my life!! I try to spend as
much time as possible with the folks in these
pictures. We do live on a farmette, which is always
an adventure!

2. LaFayette Jr/Sr High School
LaFayette is a smaller school. The building houses the Junior High upstairs and
the Senior High downstairs. Graduating class size is about 60 students.
The school serves students in the Town of LaFayette and also students from
the Onondaga Nation. This brings a very unique cultural diversity to the
school. The Haudenosauneeflag flies in unison with the American flag on the
front lawn.

3. My Classroom
I am currently the “teacher of record” for three classes:
•AP Physics (7 students – meets 1 period every day, extra lab period every
other day)
•Regents Physics (17 students – meets 1 period every day, extra lab
period every other day)
•Applied Physics (16 students – meets 1 period every day)
All of my classes are comprised of
juniors and seniors of varying math
ability!
Thanks to Tami Gilbeaux for the picture 

4. My Thoughts on Teaching Science
Labs that Incorporate
Allow Student
Students to Interests and
Discover Experiences
Assign Projects
with a Design
Component
Students who are Excited
about Science!

5. Reflections on the First Weeks…
What it
actually is!!
What I
thought it
would be like