Tell us something about you that most people don’t know about.
Ans: Oh, I was a math major in university and I was going to go to Wall Street, rule the world and make lots of money. And then, I spent a semester in England where I was in junior year of college and I love being in different countries. And so I decided that instead of moving to Wall Street, I wanted to be overseas. And that’s how I found the US Peace-Corps and volunteered in that and later fall in love with teaching.
What is a memory that you will never forget?
Ans: That’s a good question. Well, definitely the happiest moments of my life were my children were born, getting married, all the normal typical days that you can think of that one associates with happy memories. Sad memories unfortunately that are in my mind, I remember when my mother died. I remember being with my sister back home in Pennsylvania. She was too young, she died when she was 58 years old. So that’s a memory that unfortunately I remember. Let me think of a memory that’s somehow unique. I remember when I first decided to be a teacher. I was a Peace-Corp volunteer in West Africa in Ghana, and I just remember even though some days were really hard, I really did like it as my first time teaching. But just thinking, well, this is something I think I want to do more than just two years, and I did, and I’m glad I did. But I remember vividly... I lived in this small house in this small village and I remember I had a lot of free time because I didn’t have a cell phone, and I didn’t have TV, and I didn’t have electricity so I spent a lot of time in my thoughts. And I remember thinking “okay, this is something I could do for the rest of my life”.
What's your superpower?
Ans: My superpower? I’m wonder woman. She wore big cufflinks to worn off the enemy. I don’t know, I feel like I’m wonder woman. Because I feel like I’m a good mother, a good teacher and a good wife. And trying to balance it all you know, while I’m living in a foreign country. And there are certain days when I’m “wow, I’m really doing this!” and especially you know, I don’t speak the language. So um, I feel like I’m wonder woman often. She wore a cape and a leotard. A bathing suit? Probably not.
Share a quote with us that you believe in/shares your ideologies of life.
Ans: One quote that I have that I often think of... I think it was by Eleanor Roosevelt and I might not quote it exactly right. But it is “no one can make you feel inferior without your consent”. Well I think about that if I get down or I have a hard day, whoever it is, people just in general, how you really are in charge in your own life, in your own destiny. And that if someone makes you feel bad, you need to pick yourself back up. And you need to be responsible of yourself. The self-reliance of that quote, it speaks to me.
Ans: Oh, I was a math major in university and I was going to go to Wall Street, rule the world and make lots of money. And then, I spent a semester in England where I was in junior year of college and I love being in different countries. And so I decided that instead of moving to Wall Street, I wanted to be overseas. And that’s how I found the US Peace-Corps and volunteered in that and later fall in love with teaching.
What is a memory that you will never forget?
Ans: That’s a good question. Well, definitely the happiest moments of my life were my children were born, getting married, all the normal typical days that you can think of that one associates with happy memories. Sad memories unfortunately that are in my mind, I remember when my mother died. I remember being with my sister back home in Pennsylvania. She was too young, she died when she was 58 years old. So that’s a memory that unfortunately I remember. Let me think of a memory that’s somehow unique. I remember when I first decided to be a teacher. I was a Peace-Corp volunteer in West Africa in Ghana, and I just remember even though some days were really hard, I really did like it as my first time teaching. But just thinking, well, this is something I think I want to do more than just two years, and I did, and I’m glad I did. But I remember vividly... I lived in this small house in this small village and I remember I had a lot of free time because I didn’t have a cell phone, and I didn’t have TV, and I didn’t have electricity so I spent a lot of time in my thoughts. And I remember thinking “okay, this is something I could do for the rest of my life”.
What's your superpower?
Ans: My superpower? I’m wonder woman. She wore big cufflinks to worn off the enemy. I don’t know, I feel like I’m wonder woman. Because I feel like I’m a good mother, a good teacher and a good wife. And trying to balance it all you know, while I’m living in a foreign country. And there are certain days when I’m “wow, I’m really doing this!” and especially you know, I don’t speak the language. So um, I feel like I’m wonder woman often. She wore a cape and a leotard. A bathing suit? Probably not.
Share a quote with us that you believe in/shares your ideologies of life.
Ans: One quote that I have that I often think of... I think it was by Eleanor Roosevelt and I might not quote it exactly right. But it is “no one can make you feel inferior without your consent”. Well I think about that if I get down or I have a hard day, whoever it is, people just in general, how you really are in charge in your own life, in your own destiny. And that if someone makes you feel bad, you need to pick yourself back up. And you need to be responsible of yourself. The self-reliance of that quote, it speaks to me.