About me... information in the process of being declassified. That's me at the bottom...and no, the camera did not break. Yes, I am half-Mexican. I am one of the few (perhaps only?) Swedish-Welsh-Mexican hybrids around. My mother actually graduated from WHS many moons ago (1961). My father is from Guadalajara, Mexico. I grew up bilingual and visited Mexico every year during my first 18 years, so it is VERY much a part of my identity.

Quick bits o' info:

Back Teaching & Coaching at Washburn from 2014+

I taught & coordinated the AVID@WHS from 2014-2017

Taught at Southwest from 2008-2014

Taught & Coached at Washburn from 1997-2008

Born and raised in Mpls

Graduated from Washburn in 1991

Graduated from Brown University in 1995 (BA in History) - I also spent a semster at The American University in DC studying foreign policy and a summer in Mexico through the University of San Diego.

Received my Teaching License through the University of Minnesota in 1997

I go into more detail below that picture of me from the day a tornado ripped through Portland Ave in 2008 - four blocks from where I currently live.