Welcome!!!

Hi Everyone,
Welcome to CUNY! Let’s share a little bit about our passions and hopes.
For myself, I love reading, writing for fun, dogs, designing crazy cakes, playing with children, particularly silly ones, and teaching literature about monsters like Frankenstein and Dracula. I also have a son who keeps me on my toes ALL THE TIME!History of Teaching: I have been teaching at New York City College of Technology for nineteen years (possibly since before you were born—yikes!) I love working with students on their writing, and have come up with a few tricks over the years that I look forward to sharing with you…

My education: I went to college at Boston University and then received an MFA from Columbia.  Both schools were excellent, but I felt oddly more involved at BU, a bigger school but with more encouraging professors.  I loved college and felt excited about possibly staying in it forever, so I became a professor.

Struggles: When I was in college, I was disorganized and confused, always skipped orientations and then was confused when I was disoriented. I usually had to rely on good luck to get assignments turned in on time, or to have a pen to take notes (that took real luck). Now I’m wildly organized and have folders and planners and all kinds of alarms and notifications to keep me on the straight and narrow. So if you ever struggle with just plain ole’ manageability, please feel free to reach out to me! I know how it feels and I know how to help.

But the most important thing to know about me is that I love teaching. I am so happy that I get to work with you and my hope is that I can help you through this trying time. The fact that you chose to enroll in college during these unprecedented challenges says a lot about your characters. I am thrilled that I get to work with you this semester.
WELCOME.

Please post your own introductions here in the comments section!