My Story

I am a substitute teacher at District 204. I hold my teaching license in Secondary Education with Endorsements in Mathematics and LBS1.  I have also been an online Math Count Coach for North South Foundation (a non-profit organization). Currently, I am working towards getting a Technology endorsement through University of St. Francis.

Being born and brought up in India and moving to the US a little more than a decade ago, I had to wait a long time before being able to start working here. The waiting time was productively used to get my teaching license here. The teaching license that I already had from India put me on a fast track towards getting licensed here. I used to teach Mathematics and Science for grades 6 through 9 in India.

I have two kids. My son is a Junior at University of Iowa and is working towards getting his Biomedical Engineering Degree.  My daughter is a Freshman at Metea. She is a passionate classical Indian dancer and will be graduating from her program next year.

I started subbing when my daughter started elementary. At that time I felt it was important for me to be there for my kids and subbing gave me the flexibility to do that.  Now that they are both older and much more independent, I am ready to get back to full time teaching. I am hoping that the added endorsements will make me more marketable.

Arts and crafts are my passion and I try to find time for it. Founded SassUup, a start-up to amaze, inspire and uplift the spirit of woman. I have displayed my items in a few fairs and also have successfully conducted workshops for both kids and adults. I also regularly volunteer for the school PTSA.