Piper (left) Punky (right)
I am mom to 2 amazing human boys (Nicholas 22 and Matteo 10) and 2 french bulldog sisters (Punky named after Punky Brewster and Piper named after Rowdy Piper the wrestler). I love to travel and my goal is to travel to all 50 states before I turn 50. I enjoy gardening and seeing things I plant grow and change over time. I think it is a good metaphor for the work I do with young people.
Professionally: I talk about taboo topics- a lot. The more taboo- the more I want to talk about it. For the past twenty years my job has included talking about taboo topics- mostly around sex and gender. The last couple years it has focused around domestic and sexual violence. For most people discussing puberty with a 4th or 5th grade class would freak them out- I love it. I find satisfaction in offering young people a different experience with sexuality education than I had growing up. Giving young people spaces to ask questions and get honest, age appropriate, information has become my calling. I was fortunate to work for a Planned Parenthood for 10 years and they gave me a lot of great experience and the opportunity to present hundreds of workshops and trainings to a variety of diverse audiences.
I returned to RIC as an adjunct professor almost 10 years ago to teach Human Sexuality to college students who mostly claim they had poor education prior to the class. In addition I teach a graduate course that helps prepare teachers to teach sexuality education.
I am very active in the community and have a motto "it's better to collaborate than to compete" so I try and work with as many people as I can and enjoy making connections- living in RI makes that easy.
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