As an educator, my teaching philosophy emphasizes giving students the tools to identify why we are covering the content we are as well as opportunities to demonstrate the connections they have made across their classes and apply their learning. I strive to provide student-centered learning, to allow students to bring in their unique knowledge and abilities to the classroom while challenging them to push beyond and begin to make connections across the course content and even across the courses that they have taken before they came into my classroom. I value collaborative and hands-on learning through group work and discussion to help students make these connections.