Welcome to AP Language and Composition (English 3) / English 4 Dual Credit / UT OnRamps English 4! I am excited to have the opportunity to teach you the art of language and the power it can carry in any form.  

I have been teaching English classes for 20 years now. I have a Master's degree and a Bachelor's degree, both in Professional Writing and Technical Communication, from the University of Houston-Downtown. I truly believe that it is this course of study that refined my analysis and appreciation for language and how it is passed from sender to recipient, a particularly critical life-long skill to have in all careers.    

I love everything about language. From the subtleties of strategic syntax to the infusion of carefully-crafted symbols, my focus is for students to see rhetoric all around them. Language has the ability to bring people together, and in a time that can sometimes seem riddled with confusion, I want my students to be aware that language is a necessary tool that conveys powerful truth. 

I hope you find this class to be challenging, thoughtful, and inspirational! 

For incoming AP English 3 students in the 2025-2026 school year: 

Summer Reading for Summer 2025 is Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us about the Art of Persuasion by Jay Heinrichs (3rd edition will suffice). Please come on the first day of school prepared to discuss some of the major ideas presented in that book.