How long have you been a teacher at McLean?
11 years here at McLean but I taught several places previously and have been teaching for about 34 years.

What is your favorite class to teach?
Biology

What has been your highlight of this school year?
I would say doing everything for the last time since I am retiring at the end of this year.

What is your favorite thing about your students at McLean?
I love when I run into students later in their life and seeing how far they have come, and feeling like I had some small part to play in it.

What is your favorite food?
I really love seafood.

What are you plans for after retirement?
I have a whole bucket list, things to do around my house that I have been meaning to get to. My daughter has been down in texas for three years, so I am excited to go see her. Just getting to do things I have always wanted to do, having some fun, and living life.

What is your most embarrassing moment?
This is a real hard one but probably when doing something in science that does not really work out the way you had planned.

What inspired you to become a teacher?
Both my parents were teachers, but also in college I was into sports med, but professors always said to be well rounded because you never know where you might end up doing and once I left college a teaching job became an option for me and I really took a liking to it.