Dreams and Plans

I am endlessly searching for the beauty that comes from order. This includes the need to organize goals and plans in ways that help me to live more fully. These simple bullets below tell a much more complex story of how I want to live my life.

 

SHORT TERM GOALS: 2021-2022

  • Help companies and communities work together to mend an educational system that has experienced much trauma and to preserve the beauty that exists in the current system

  • Increase equity across the state through education and community work that directly impacts children and families in relation to public safety, education, transportation, LGBTQ+ rights, and housing

  • Expand my network of diverse people in order to expand my own beliefs, stretch my thinking, experience a variety of cultures, and deepen my empathy for others

  • Invest in local artists to build a curate collection representative of stories across race, gender, and generational struggle-points

  • Learn a conversational level of Spanish to help facilitate better communication and relationships

  • Continue to build and home and family

LONG TERM GOALS: 2022-2024

  • Contribute to the micro and macro development of Baltimore through involvement in community-based advocacy and city improvement efforts

  • Contribute to national conversations and advocacy of LGBTQ+ youth in order to make education more equitable, safe, and joyful for queer students

  • Improve to a proficient level of Spanish in both speaking and writing

PAST GOALS (Accomplished)

  • Become a leader in 1:1 technology integration and instruction in the Baltimore area, leading the way for increased 1:1 programs in the urban classroom (Goal 2011-2012)

  • Work with schools on a national level through consultation and partnership to help leaders rethink instructional, innovation, and creativity for all learners (Goal 2012-2015)

  • Write and publish a series of articles related to education (Goal 2015)

  • Become a faculty member at an accredited university in the Department of Education (Goal 2017-2018)

  • Disrupt the educational system through the building of connected systems that increase health and equity among educators (Goal 2016-2018)

  • Fall in love (2018-2020)