Sometimes the end of something feels scary. The decision to leave what is familiar means going out into the unknown. This is a universal truth at all ages, but this year it was different to be graduating with the Class of 2025. Some students were graduating with solid plans that they’d been thoughtfully calculating for years. Others graduated with little to no plans other than moving on. I fall into the latter category, and that feels extra scary.
But much like the kids, I am trying to stay grounded in the belief that I have a set of skills that I’ve been building for years, which will be helpful in whatever comes next. The ones with plans will march steadily towards those opportunities and, with perseverance, will prevail. The rest of us will have to spend a little more time seeking out those opportunities and, with perseverance, will prevail. Either way, the key ingredient will be that grounding belief, let’s call it faith.
But sitting back on faith can’t ever be enough. The belief that we have value means we need to pursue monetizing that value. We need to find a way to take the thing that we like, or are good at, and build a life around it that can sustain us. That is what I have come here to do.
To put my love for supporting and mentoring youth and present it in a new way that makes it available for a much broader swath of the community.
While the local community knows me as high school-oriented, my experience spans all grades, with Permanent NYS licensure from Pre-K through 8. As I expand the services available on my page, I look forward to engaging in conversations across all settings and demographics about how I can add value to their children’s education.