about me

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i am: a teacher

I teach at the Community College of Vermont, where I serve an incredible collection of students in the Upper Valley, from gifted highschoolers to aspiring med students to working parents changing careers.

I teach online with Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth L.I.V.E program. Fourth graders are just the funnest humans to work with on Zoom.

i am: a life-long learner

I am usually in school, and always learning. I plan to keep it up until I die. I’m privileged to have the means to pursue formal degrees: most recently a Masters in Medical Sciences from UF, a Masters in Mathematics for Teachers from U Waterloo. I’m also delighted by open-courseware and accessible learning opportunities, which are often as good if not better sources of learning: my MOOC rec page.

i am: a community member

My neighbors may know me as the “that shy one who always has earbuds in and can’t use a snowblower right” but they are very kind to me all the same! We are all members of overlapping circles of community and care, and there are several I try to participate in, when my health and finances permit. I am a member of a union, have run for office in my community, and contribute to local groups (LISTEN, the UVDSA) and national organizations (the FFRF) that I think are doing good in the world. Each season I get local veggies Sunrise Farm, and would definitely recommend them for anyone looking for a heartfelt CSA in the Upper Valley.

i am: a hobbyist

I am a very amateur gardener. Last year the rhubarb and squash did awesome, and the volunteer tomatoes and potatoes outperformed my wildest dreams. The peony came back to life! And my hydrangea is going okay.

I have a lifetime of doodles and drawings around me at all times. I paint barely well enough to hang stuff on the walls, buy a lot of thrift store picture frames, and love making anatomical illustrations.

Tabletop games and TTRPGs fit very naturally into the loves of my life: being a book nerd, a writing nerd, a drama nerd by turns. My gaming group plays CoC, Delta Green, and D&D5e. Currently I’m DMing Curse of Strahd.

i am: a human

Like everybody, I spend my time in a corporeal body. That body gets migraine with aura about once a week. Thanks to my patient students who tolerate me when I have language problems, photophobia, and dysmetropsia. I’m lowkey obsessed with migraine: it’s driven a lot of my reading, writing, and learning, not just in medical sciences but also in mathematics and philosophy. My favorite non-clinical reads are Migraine by Oliver Sacks and The Body in Pain by Elaine Scarry.