Kristen (teacher) introduction
Greetings from Kristen, Masters School science teacher
Dear Masters School China Program Participants, families, and friends:
Hello! It’s amazing how fast the time is flying by before we depart for China. I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself to you.
In high school, I attended a school very much like Masters called The Wheeler School in Providence, RI. While there, I developed a love of science, but also of languages and cultures. I had a chance to travel to France and Spain with a group of students from school, and lived for a month as an exchange student on a cattle farm in Lichtervelde, Belgium. My time on the ranch in Belgium gave me a real appreciation for rural life in a different culture, and inspired an interest in sustainable agriculture (in a way that only planting 3000 head of cauliflower in one afternoon can!).
I graduated from Bryn Mawr College with a Bachelor’s degree in Biology, and went on to work as a zookeeper for a year. I then worked in animal hospitals for a while before returning to graduate school, where I earned an MS in Forensic Science from CUNY- John Jay College. Somehow, I managed to fit in time to travel pretty far and wide- my husband and I have traveled to Tunisia and Thailand, among other places, always finding a way to get off the beaten track!
I’m just finishing my first year of teaching at Masters, and I am very much looking forward to our trip! I’m particularly excited about the opportunities to explore sustainable development in such a different culture, as well as the chance to experience rural China.
Hope you’re all as excited as I am!