She began working at the USF PCL in the Fall of 2013, after graduating with a B.S. degree in Early Childhood Education from USF. She is currently pursuing a M.Ed. focused in Early Childhood Education. She takes an integrated curriculum approach to teaching and learning, while fostering experiences that follow the interest of the students. She values the voices of young children and respects multiple mediums of expression that children use to share their understandings of the world around them. She believes in forming strong home-school-community connections and working with families to meet the needs of students. As she continues to work with young children, she is interested in inquiry based approaches to teaching that will allow her to grow as a teacher. Specifically she is interested in empowering young children’s voices and incorporating anti-bias education.