I graduated from William and Mary in 2006 with double majors in English and Elementary Education. I later earned a Master's in Journalism from Arizona State University and worked at two newspapers prior to returning to Virginia, where I'll begin my fifth year of full-time teaching this fall. I'm presently certified to teach middle-school English in Virginia.

I scored in the 99th percentile on the English portion of the GRE, earned multiple awards as a professional journalist, and have e...