A Little About Me

I grew up in Evanston, Illinois.  I am still thawing out from my childhood.  I attended Evanston Township High School.  I received a scholarship to attend Colgate University in upstate New York.  I played Division I tennis and graduated with a B.A. in Anthropology and Sociology from Colgate University in 1992.  In 1995, I attended the School For International Training in Brattleboro and received an MAT in TESOL (Teaching English as A Second or Other Language) and Spanish.  In 2003, I took a hiatus from teaching and worked on a MFA in Photography from the Academy of Art in San Francisco.

I've been an educator since 1993.  I worked in Albuquerque Public schools as a bilingual resource teacher in elementary school for 5 years.  I taught university and graduate students in Poland, Los Angeles (Glendale College and Mission College), Stanford, El Salvador and The Academy of Art in the English as a Foreign Language departments.  I have been teaching in the San Lorenzo District for the past 15 years.  I taught bilingual first and second grade at Hesperian for 12 years.  Currently, I teach art and photography at San Lorenzo High School.  Last year, I added the art licensure to my credential.  I have also served as the girls' tennis coach and the badminton coach.

I love teaching at the high school level and being part of the SLZ community.  It is so amazing to get to see students that I had in first grade at Hesperian in my art classes and to watch them graduate.

In my free time, I help support my elderly parents and spend time with my partner, step kids, dog and three cats.  I love to travel! I have visited about 49 countries so far.  I love to study foreign languages, play tennis, watch movies, play games (Scattergories is my favorite), spend time with close friends, read and write.

My Schedule

Beginning Art 

Period 1 Zoom Mondays and Thursdays 9am-10am

Period 2 Zoom Tuesdays and Fridays 9am-10am

Period 3 Zoom Mondays and Thursdays 10:15-11:15am

Period 4 Zoom Tuesdays and Fridays 10:15-11:15

Period 5 Zoom Mondays and Thursdays 11:30-12:30

Office Hours Tuesdays 1pm-2pm. See the Zoom link below.  Come by to ask questions and get help with art or just to chat.

https://slzusd.zoom.us/j/98197378678?pwd=ckxWTURWWE1yYXJ3T2dHTzdoVTV0UT09

Meeting ID: 981 9737 8678

Passcode: BauerOH28!

Contact info: [email protected]