I'm the baby in a family of five and consider myself a literature-lovin', movie-obsessed, music enthusiast. My friends will tell you I'm a social butterfly and the storyteller of the group. My chihuahuas will tell you I'm a champion for cute critters.

High school English teacher: 10% Shakespeare; 20% relationship counseling; 20% babysitting; 50% breaking up fights. I also take graduate courses.

Quoting "Con Air" and "Stand by Me"; Belting out show tunes in the car

My petite stature; my outgoing personality; my flair for fashion; my name

Books: Les Miserable; Catcher in the Rye; Hunger Games; Dante's Inferno; Great Expectations; To Kill a Mockingbird . . . can you tell I teach high school English?

Movies: Gone with the Wind; Dead Poet's Society; Schindler's List; Dazed and Confused; Stand by Me.

Shows: The Bachelor; Gossip Girl; Vampire Diaries; Seinfeld; Friday Night Lights; Dexter; Lost; The Office (The Michael Scott years); Law and Order (nothing like a good marathon)

Music: 90s Alternative, including Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Bush; Indie Playlist

Food: Pizza; Starbucks; Bread sticks; White Spaghetti; Pad Thai

1) A good book
2) My family and friends
3) My pets
4) A warm cup of coffee (with creamer!)
5) My students
6) A good story to tell

My future niece or nephew; my dream expedition to France (pain au chocolat, le croque monsieur, creme brulee); movies to watch; and if Ryan Gosling is single and why he's not calling. :)

Enjoying a nice dinner and glass of vino with my girls, sharing our war stories from the week with our students and dishing about boys.

I fell for the latest bank phishing scam. Oops.

. . . You're Ryan Gosling . . . or you're interested in a positive and creative girl who likes to laugh.