I have been a public middle school teacher for over 27 years. Most of those years have been teaching 6th, 7th, and 8th graders in technology-related subjects—creative writing, Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) technology, yearbook, intermediate robotics, and advanced robotics. As early as 2007, I have taught students to create online blogs, record podcasts, shoot and edit videos using digital cameras, use online publishing software, and create website portfolios with photos, videos, and reflections of their assignments. I am the first middle school teacher in GDOE to teach robotics—beginning in August 2011. In 2022, my co-teacher Rozalyn Pama and I successfully piloted, implemented, and evaluated our middle school robotics curriculum by presenting our course evaluations to the Guam Education Board. Our curriculum was approved by the GEB in May 2022. Here is our LPUMS Robotics website. As of SY2023 - 2024, I have been teaching robotics for 13 years.

I have an M.Ed in Secondary Education with emphasis on Instructional Technology from the University of Guam, 2007. I have a B.A. in English and Communications and an Honor's Diploma from the University of Guam, 1997.

In addition to teaching, I have taken on additional responsibilities of being a teacher leader. Since 2007, I have been my school's accreditation self-study coordinator. I have led Luis P. Untalan Middle School through three full-study visits (2008, 2014, 2020) and three mid-term visits (2011, 2017, 2024) by the Accrediting Commission for Schools, Western Association of Schools and Colleges (ACS WASC). I had tremendous help from my co-coordinators Healther Waltz (2007-2014) and Rozalyn Pama (2014-2024). Luis P. Untalan Middle School was the first Guam public school to conduct a virtual accreditation visit in December 2020, and I created our Accreditation Portal as the gateway to our virtual self-evaluation. Additionally, since 2003, I have been my school's website coordinator in charge of the LPUMS website (ums.gdoe.net)—providing news updates,  informing the public of district and school policies, and recording the school's numerous accolades throughout the school year. And finally, I am also a committee member of my school's Leadership Team and School Climate Cadre (SCC). These committees help provide input to the administration for all school-related decisions.

From 2010, I have also provided training and professional development to my LPUMS colleagues and to other Guam educators on a variety of technology topics: Google Classroom tutorials, conducting virtual accreditation, incorporating Google Suites, using online resources during the pandemic, teaching with STEM methods, incorporating LEGO robotics in GATE, Powerschool grading system tutorials, and integrating technology in the modern classroom.  

In February 2024, I was nominated as a semi-finalist for the Guam Teacher of the Year competition and subsequently was selected as one of the six finalists.