This section is bringing back terrifying memories of college applications and personal statements, but moving on...

I have lived in DC off and on for the past five years between going to Georgetown (but only after transferring, and then spending a year abroad, so I had a lot of applications to fill out, hence the terrifying memories). I am originally from outside of Boston, and though I have lived in many places and thoroughly enjoyed it, Boston will always be home.

I love to learn new things, find new TV shows and devour entire seasons in days, sing extremely loudly in my car, hang out with friends, play board games, pimping out my classroom with ikea, teach kids how to stand up for themselves, travel, try and make a meaningful difference in the world, find really perfect presents for people, make people laugh, trying to figure out ways to meet my favorite people (especially Bruce Springsteen), sleep...and try to find time to fit all of this into one life.

I work at a charter school in SE DC where I teach a class of 25 4-year-olds. I am also going to GW where I am an Education Policy Masters student.

Wrangling a class of four-year-olds. Scoring good Bruce Springsteen tickets. Being funny both intentionally and accidentally.

My sarcasm and as my four-year-old students always tell me, "You're a giant!"

Books: Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, Anything by David McCullough, Books about U.S. Presidents

Movies: Harry Potter, Almost Famous, Musicals, Documentaries. I'm willing to watch pretty much any movie once if it's not a horror film.

Shows: The West Wing, Sports Night, Studio 60, Law & Order: SVU, Gossip Girl, The Good Wife, The Ricky Gervais Show, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Mad Men, How I Met Your Mother, NOVA, Downton Abbey

Music: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN!!! Billy Joel, Elton John, Beyonce, Van Morrison, Patti Scialfa, Straight No Chaser, Jeff Buckley, The Killers, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift (no shame), Florence and The Machine, The Beatles

Food: Brunch, Mexican, Thai, Polish (cooked by my mommy), Indian, Italian, Crepes, BBQ, Sour Patch Watermelons, Sweet Green, Trader Joe's, Chili Cheese Fries, Wisey's

My mom. My friends. Bruce Springsteen. Take-out. Aaron Sorkin. Cheese/Lactaids because I can't eat cheese without those magic pills.

Bruce Springsteen. How to fix early childhood education. My future. The next time I can eat brunch.

Maybe going to Happy Hour and then crashing early. Working with four-year-olds all week is exhausting.

I realized how often I mention Bruce Springsteen in this profile, but decided not to change it...

You are over 5'8" tall and you can at least tolerate Bruce Springsteen music and long diatribes on the state of education in the country,

and/or

want to teach me something new!