What is your role in Pasco County?

I am currently in my 4th year as a third-grade teacher at Dr. Mary Giella Elementary School. I have been at MGES in SRP positions and now instructional for a combined total of 7 years.

What do you love about your job?

My favorite part of my job is ultimately the students. It is those faces that make me come every day to do whatever I can to help them succeed and to let them know how special they are. The greetings, the visits, the bonding you share over the school years, is truly a blessing to a school teacher or staff member.

Who or what inspires you?

Besides the students, my parents are my biggest inspiration. Both my parents taught me by example what it means to care about others, be kind and do good in this world. They instilled in my heart those values. Secondly, I am inspired by my own educators who all left such positive, lasting impressions on me. From being a student at MGES, to Hudson Middle and then to Hudson High, class of 2006- I have had some of the best teachers, some of which, are still working for Pasco Schools. Teachers who always made me feel valued and supported me to keep learning and growing as a person. Teachers who didn’t give up on me, made me believe in myself and the power I have to make a positive difference in this world. I am so thankful to my parents and my educators for all they have inspired me to be.

Tell us something unique that people may not know about you.

Something unique that people may not know about me is that I got my Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communications from University of South Florida and wanted to be an advertising account manager, to try to make an influence in the world of media.