About Me

I have been teaching and coaching for thirty years combined, from third grade to graduate school, including subjects as varied as film making, literature, fiction and poetry, calculus, chess, Spanish and soccer. My students and mentees have published books, produced and acted in films, founded multi-million dollar companies and saved lives. Under my middle name, I have published several books of poetry and translation, and articles about neurodiversity and the creative process. I have been invited to give keynote addresses, lectures, and poetry readings all over the U.S. I hold a PhD in English literature and Poetry, and an MFA in creative writing. I have spent over two years in South America, Asia, the Middle East and Europe, studying culture and languages, in the hope of understanding what it means to be human, and I still speak Spanish, meditate, and play chess every day. Most importantly, I am endlessly curious and interested in other people, and I am ready to work with you and for you.