AP Biology

I love teaching.  I especially love teaching AP Biology.  

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I embarked upon my educational journey when I was selected for the Resident Honors Program at USC.  I transfered to UCLA where I graduated with a B.A. in Biology.  I attended the Medical College of Pennsylvania becoming an M.D. with a special addition of Humanities Scholar for the extra work I did pioneering the school's bioethics program.  MCP is now under the auspices of Drexel University so I guess by default, I am a Bruin-Dragon doctor!  After completing my internship and residency in Internal Medicine at St. Mary Medical Center, I joined the Harriman Jones Medical Group where I had a thriving practice in Internal Medicine for over a decade.  

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I became the mother of two children both of whom later graduated from Poly High School (PACE and CIC programs).  When they were little and I was still in a busy practice, I realized that I didn't have children to let someone else raise them.  I "retired" to be a full-time mother.  As they children entered into the public school system, I began volunteering in the classrooms, often giving science lessons to the children.  I loved it.  I obtained my teaching credential at CSULB and began teaching AP Biology at Poly HS in 2004.  I am also a National Board Certified Teacher.

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In my spare time, I enjoy reading reading mysteries and  science fiction, learning new things about science, acting in plays/musicals, and playing with my Australian Cattle Dog, Zippy.