Campus: Bath, Maine

College Experience:  BS in Neuroscience,
St. Lawrence University

Awards, Honors, and Leadership through Service:

• Phi Beta Kappa Society
• Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities
• Beta Beta Beta National Biology Honorary Society
• Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honorary Society
• Dean’s List
• Davis Scholar
• Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program
• Presenter at 235^th American Chemical Society National Meeting
• Kathryn Wasserman Davis 100 Projects for Peace, “Providing Water, Empowering Samburu Women”
• Development Project Management Institute, Monterrey Institute of International Studies
• Global Volunteers, Community-Based Learning Program, Mt. Vernon, Jamaica
• Fluent in three languages: Spanish, Swahili, and English

Born in: Nairobi, Kenya  

I Teach: Biology, Spanish Literature

I Teach Curiosity: I teach curiosity, particularly in my Spanish class. I find that students tend to shy away from speaking for fear of making fools of themselves, but I encourage them to express themselves and aim to expand their vocabulary daily. Generally, I try to have all my students seek out the answers (vocabulary definitions, molecular mass, etc., as appropriate) rather than giving it to them straight away. I use guiding questions to make them think through the problem, with the firm belief that the process of searching for the answer is more powerful than the actual answer.

I Coach: Dance and Track

Hobbies: Running, reading, learning new languages