Meet the teacher

I went back to school at age 36 to learn how to program. I have vivid memories of the struggle to understand basic concepts, memorize syntax, and the despair to exhilaration roller coaster that is programming.

I know what teaching methods most helped me, and which did not. From my time as a Graduate Teaching Assistant, I honed skills and refined my approach for helping others understand programming fundamentals.

After serving as an Adjunct Faculty member for Southern New Hampshire University and as a Middle/High School teacher for Veritas Scholars Academy, I wanted to focus my teaching efforts to helping High School students develop a love for programming.

With that, Amaya Learning Academy was born.

I'm a homeschool mom to four great kids. My oldest is a cadet at West Point. My second child is studying Aerospace Engineering. And I have two teenage boys still at home.

In addition to teaching my own children, I've been an engineering instructor at Southern New Hampshire University, and a math, logic, programming teacher at Veritas Scholars Academy.

I have my undergraduate degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. I went back to college late in life to earn a Master's in Computer Science, also from UPenn.

While a graduate student I was a graduate TA for two courses, over 4 semesters.

I have worked as a software engineer at a number of start-ups, as well as larger companies like GitHub and Amazon. I now turn my focus to inspiring the next generation.

I'm a teacher at heart, and look forward to helping you master the fundamentals of programming!

I currently reside in Huntsville, AL with three of my four children, 3 dogs and 3 cats.