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As a curious person, I dabble in a little of everything! I earned a B.A. in English Literature from Arizona State University with a minor in Spanish, after which I first taught elementary school and then worked as a bicycle mechanics educator for ten years. No matter my title, my passion for community-building and education makes the Garden Kitchen a perfect fit. I'm proud to call Tucson my home and I am forever a student of the ways that we humans and our beautiful desert can coexist and thrive.