Graduate of Macopin School! Class of '95.
 West Milford High School Class of '99. University of Maryland, College Park 2002. Ramapo College (Master's in Educational Technology) August 2016. HI! (that's an actual x-ray of my hand over there!) >>>
September 2019 starts my tenth year teaching at Macopin. Before I became a middle school science teacher, I worked in the Franklin Lakes elementary schools as their district Discovery teacher (similiar to Learning Unlimited here in WM) for one year, and before that I worked at Somerset County Park Commission as an environmental educator for 5 years (where I taught infants>>adults about nature and science, and ran a science summer camp for 7-9 year olds), and before that I worked at CENTRAL PARK ZOO!! (so cool) as a Zoo Educator, and before that I worked at Greenburgh Nature Center as Nature Center Intern, and before that I worked at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida as Museum/Animal Care Intern.
Phew! I've traveled the East Coast trying all sorts of things, and now I have settled here at Macopin School in 2010. I also am the volunteer goalie coach for GIRLS FIELD HOCKEY at West Milford High School! Go Highlanders!  For fun outside of school, I played ROLLER DERBY for the Garden State Rollergirls (www.gardenstaterollergirls.com) for 7 years before retiring in Spring '14. I like to hike, camp, and bake, and use power tools to both fix and break things. I love to longboard and stand-up paddleboard on weekends. I LOVE to travel and explore: I got my scuba diving certification in summer 2017 in the Florida Keys. I visited Japan (Tokyo) and Thailand (Bangkok) in summer 2018, Austin, TX in Spring 2017, and Seattle, WA during Spring 2016.  I got married to a really cool dude with an EPIC beard in July 2019: You can officially call us "The BozeBeards."
Other fun things: I have three cats named Fern, Gabe and Neko. I have a weakness for chocolate chip cookies and corny science jokes. I have named all the cars I've owned and have a very extensive collection of sneakers. I also have a VERY hard time sitting still!
Finally, here are some pictures of our cats, Neko, Gabe, and Fern.    In loving memory of India, who crossed the rainbow bridge May 2019:  |