18 years of teaching high school English and Spanish - mostly grades 9-12, a few years of middle school. Levels I, II, III, IV, honors, AP Spanish language and AP Spanish literature. Also social justice/history of Latin American immigration in the US and Spanish Film and Conversation.
Make it fun!
Winner of the Titanium Mouse Award for integrating technology in the classroom. Nominated for teacher of the year. Winner: 2019 Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices - Historical for television pilot, Scoundrel. Winner: Spirit of Moondance Award for feature screenplay, The Court of Lions. Winner: Indie Award of Merit for short film, Hokey Smokes! Frank Allison and the Odd Sox.
BA English and Spanish, University of Michigan. MA Education. Study abroad in Toledo, Spain. Running of the Bulls, Pamplona. Screenwriting and YA fiction at UCLA.
Award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker. Author of two YA novels: Into Dust - The Thunderbird Chronicles and Into the Storm - The Thunderbird Chronicles Book 2 available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.com 25th great-granddaughter of Rey Alfonso X de Castilla.
5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff
English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Social Studies, U.S. History, European History, World Languages, Spanish, Other (World Language), Arts & Music, Other (Art), Music, Writing, Holidays/Seasonal, Valentine's Day