I love reading, writing, and storytelling. When my siblings and I were small, our mother read aloud to us while our father told us stories. In school,  I learned how to write intuitively, both academically and creatively, through the books I read. Thus, I won on-the-spot writing contests and became editor in chief of both my high school and college papers.  I wanted to be a lawyer-journalist, but I became a teacher, instead. As a writing teacher, I help my students shape their drafts with patience, empathy, respect, and enthusiasm.