For the last couple of years, my church has been engaged in supporting a neighborhood in Northfield that has been threatened by large corporate housing management company. The community is mostly Hispanic and many don’t speak very good English. There is also a Spanish church that meets at my church. Occasionally my church will have Read More…

Although as a child I was unknowingly drawn to teaching, I feared standing in front of people and not knowing the answer. As I have taught over the years and even more during my time at Carleton, I have learned that I can stand in front of people when I have to and that my Read More…

When asked at the age of 10 if I wanted to be a teacher, I remember emphatically saying “no!” Although if you had asked my mother, she would tell you stories of how I would bring unwanted math textbooks and worksheets home in my backpack, assemble groups of neighborhood kids in our basement, teach them Read More…