米国シカゴ郊外出身。2002年に来日し、富山県の高校で英語教育に触れ、国際交流団体を経て、大学教育に。旅や仕事で50カ国以上を訪れ、マイノリティ主導の教育への取り組みを学ぶ。現在も人種?民族やジェンダー、アイデンティティの問題、またそれらの問題への理解を深める教育方法を探求している。

Born in a suburb of Chicago in Illinois, USA. After coming to Japan in 2002 and teaching English in a high school in Toyama, she worked for an organization for international exchange, later teaching at the university level. She has visited over 50 countries through work and travel, researching minority-led educational initiatives. She explores issues of race, gender, and other aspects of identities and how education can be used as a vehicle to broaden understandings of these issues.

Languages are more than just subjects to be learned in a classroom, but“living”tools to help you connect to people, knowledges, ideas, and cultures. Learning languages can also help you improve your own native language skills while providing you with a variety of health and mental benefits. I hope that through my classes, students will come to understand the joy of using languages while considering how they can make transformative impacts in their societies.