I am a long-time resident of Culver City. Both my children are have graduated from CCUSD schools. This is my ninth year of teaching in Culver City High School.

I earned a BA in the Social Sciences/ Liberal Arts from Juniata College in Huntingdon, PA, way back when dinosaurs ruled the earth and certainly before smart phones or iPads. I received my MA in education and secondary teaching credential from in 2007 Pepperdine Graduate School of Education and Psychology.

I ended up as an earth and space science teacher because I took up jewelry-making as a hobby when my first child was a toddler. (He is now in college.) I started to learn about gems and minerals, and kept on going. This year I am teaching four periods of astronomy and one of earth science.

This summer Ms. DeArmond and I are chaperons for a student-group trip to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands at the end of June. The trip is coordinated by Educational Tours. We would love to have more students join us!