I'm originally from Maryland, but lived in Cincinnati for about 5 years after graduating from the University of Maryland (Go Terps!) in 2012. I'm a former 3rd-grade teacher and substitute teacher. I started my education career working in 3rd grade and decided to expand my horizons by working as a substitute teacher for several years. Subbing was quite an experience with several challenges, but it's one I wouldn't change!
About 2 years into subbing, I realized I was feeling a change in career, so I got my Master's degree specializing in Sport Administration from the University of Cincinnati (Go Bearcats!). The summer after graduating, I had the most amazing internship: working for the promotions team with the Cincinnati Reds! This was probably one of my favorite jobs of all time; such an amazing experience! From there, I got my first job working with student-athletes and realized this was exactly the direction I wanted to go.
I realized I had to get more experience working with student-athletes, so I took an internship back at my alma mater, UMD. This was such a rewarding yet difficult experience for me. Working with football student-athletes, I felt the most self-fulfillment I had ever experienced. However, I had to spend the entire year without my husband by my side since he had a full-time job in Cincinnati. Being states away from him was nothing new (we did long-distance at the beginning of our relationship), but having experienced it once doesn't make it any easier the second time around! Needless to say, that year was full of mixed emotions.
And then that brings me to where I am now! I started working as a Learning Specialist with Molly at Notre Dame (Go Irish!) in July 2019. So many things fell into place for my husband and me this past school year and I honestly couldn't be happier. I am an educator at heart, so I'm excited to be sharing some helpful information with all of you Math & Metaphors followers! I'm excited to be starting this journey and hope you are, too!
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