I have been blogging for longer than a minute.  Writing gives me a place and a space to learn, to reflect, to teach,  and to share. I primarily blog about: 1. Teaching and learning, more specifically, foreign language teaching and learning, focusing on Spanish; 2. Beauty of self and home.  3. Self-reflection, and the mind shifts that can emerge from deep, introspective thought.  I also pontificate about the state of the world from time to time, mostly racism and social injustice, and how we can fight it.

I am an 18-year career language teacher, having spent all of them at independent schools – four to be exact. I am also a: writer, educator, social activist, tech geek, girly-girl, wannabe Southern cook, information junkie, worry monkey, natural hair advocate, aficionada of beauty products and home furnishings, and, hopefully, a good daughter, sister, friend, colleague, change agent and Christian.  I am an advocate for anti-racist/diversity/inclusion education, multilingualism, technology in the classroom, and 21st century skills.

I like and encourage intelligent, informed debate.  On the other hand, I dislike and discourage incivility, racism, sexism, and uninformed opinion.

BTW: As the owner of this blog, I may exercise the following:

1. Control over content and comments.
2. Ability to edit comments.
3. Ability to censor comments.
4. Ability to delete comments.
5. Ability to prevent comments by specific persons or groups.