In case you were wondering...
Before I had children, I taught Biology and Environmental Science for 5 years in the East Bay. In 2000, our daughter was born and then almost two years later, we adopted our son from Guatemala. As if raising kids weren't enough to keep me busy, I started What's Cooking with Kids, a certified green cooking school for children. My classes taught children and their families to make good choices about food - from both flavor and environmental perspectives, and to use food as a means of helping the less fortunate. I was invited to the White House, where I attended the launch of Michelle Obama’s Chefs Move to Schools initiative. I was on ABC's View From the Bay 7 times, and my website, What's Cooking with Kids won the 2010 Parent & Child Green Blog award from Scholastic. In April, 2011, my first book, The Whole Family Cookbook, was published.
Even though I loved cooking with kids and their families, I was eager to return to a school setting where I could develop deeper relationships with students and get to know them over a longer period of time. When the time was right for me to return to the classroom, I got a job teaching Biology at Novato High School, and stayed there for two years. And when I had the opportunity to return to San Rafael High, the school I graduated from, I jumped at the chance!
When I'm not at work or in the kitchen, I'm the head chauffeur for my two children, dog walker to my two mutts, and chicken feeder for our backyard flock.
Even though I loved cooking with kids and their families, I was eager to return to a school setting where I could develop deeper relationships with students and get to know them over a longer period of time. When the time was right for me to return to the classroom, I got a job teaching Biology at Novato High School, and stayed there for two years. And when I had the opportunity to return to San Rafael High, the school I graduated from, I jumped at the chance!
When I'm not at work or in the kitchen, I'm the head chauffeur for my two children, dog walker to my two mutts, and chicken feeder for our backyard flock.