Art teacher at KIPP DuBois Collegiate Academy and AmeriCorp volunteer.
MAT University of The Arts: Art Education
BA Temple University: Film and Media Arts
movies, indie rock, and coffee.
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All of my teachers dressed pretty lame. Ties, awful pant suits, crazy turqouise glasses were not very inspirational to my own fashion sense. But for some crazy reason, I inspired my own students to dress like me high waisted American Apparel pants and all. I thought it was hysterical. My kids really pulled off looking like me and it was so cute to see my girls excited and texting me for fashion advice. I thought the hipster wouldn’t even be cool in a school like KIPP. It’s a shame, I’m gonna miss these kids.



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I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we’ll never know most of them. But even if we don’t have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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Elementary mentoring is probably the coolest enrichment (besides art of course). You see high school students try and be a teacher to our elementary school kids. It’s not only adorable, but they see how hard it can be to be us for a day. Sara Fry, my point person and personal hero, organized the program and its lasting impact.
Yes, one of my students signs his name “Mr. President Emory Banks”


Grading my day away and making personalized notes to my students. Into It. Over It. #nowplaying in the background. Sometimes a note is better than a number.

“Palestine and Banksy” by Reggie.
Linocuts began printing today.
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