What subject(s) do you teach and why did you decide that subject?

I teach English l and English ll. I always had just been passionate about reading and it’s come easy to me. 

Favorite memory from teaching?

I have a lot of them. But just kids making me laugh is always my favorite. So anytime they say goofy things and ask goofy questions. I love it.

What is your biggest pet peeve? 

Crunching. Even if they do it with their mouth closed, I can’t handle hearing people chew. 

Do you prefer books or movies? Why? 

Books. I can sit and read a book forever but watching a movie I’ll usually fall asleep in about 20 minutes. I love The Kite Runner, 1000 Splendid Suns, and And the Mountains Echoed. I think anything that writer [Khaled Hosseini] does, I love. Yeah, he’s a great writer.

What can you talk about for hours? 

Probably the Summer Olympics. I just love the Summer Olympics. So when it comes around, I love to talk to people about who their favorites are, and how we’re doing. I love watching swimming because I was a swimmer. I love track and field and volleyball and I just love all of it, all of the summer Olympics. Not a big fan of the Winter Olympics. I just want to sit at home for two weeks and hang out and watch. 

If a movie was made about you, who would play your character? 

I would say Melissa McCarthy. Yeah, she’s freaking hilarious.

If you could change your name, what would you change it to?

I don’t think I would change it. I like my weird last name, it’s kind of unique. 

What is your favorite joke?

I have two actually. One is: what is green and has wheels? Grass. I lied about the wheels. And why? Why is grass green? Because if it were blue, you wouldn’t know where to stop mowing. So they’re really stupid, but I like those jokes a lot.