Hi! I’m so glad you’re here.

I’ve always loved working with children. The oldest of five, I began babysitting and working at summer camp before I was a teenager. While I loved the energy of directing camp shows, my favorite moments were connecting one-on-one with kids who needed a little extra understanding and encouragement.

Along the way, my experiences shaped my understanding of child development. Barnard taught me to see education through the lens of psychology, culture, and connection. Bank Street showed me that children learn best through play, curiosity, and meaningful experiences. Working in a Reggio Emilia-inspired preschool helped me learn that the environment itself is a powerful teacher.

When the pandemic hit, I wrote a children’s book to help kids understand the intense emotions we were experiencing during such an uncertain time. As a kindergarten teacher at Avenues starting in fall 2020, I witnessed the profound impact that grief, anxiety, and emotional well-being had on my students’ ability to learn. That experience ultimately inspired me to pursue graduate training in school psychology.

At Fordham, I’ve continued exploring the intersection of psychology, education, and evidence-based practice. During this same season of life, I became a mother. To put it lightly, pregnancy, childbirth, and watching my baby grow into a child completely rocked my world and deepened my appreciation for the relationships among children, parents, educators, and mental health professionals. This is when I realized I wanted to create the kind of learning environment I had been imagining for years: a physical space intentionally designed for children (and their parents), where the environment itself fosters curiosity, creativity, emotional safety, and growth.

Drawing on my experience as a teacher, executive functioning coach, and school psychology graduate student, I combine evidence-based practices with games, movement, books, music, and creative play to help children build executive functioning skills, strengthen emotional regulation, and develop confidence as learners. I also love collaborating with families and providing helpful resources along the way.

Grow Space is where all of my experiences come together. It’s a space built around the belief that children thrive when they feel understood, and that the best learning begins with understanding. More than anything, my hope is that every child leaves Grow Space feeling a little more confident, a little more capable, and a little more like themselves.