Introduction: I am a fully qualified (K-12) English teacher with seven years of experience teaching English and creative writing at The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth, an alternative school focused on small classes and individualized attention. During this time, I also taught an algebra and pre-algebra class. I hold a degree in communications engineering from DIT (Dublin, Ireland) and in English and education from Arcadia University (Glenside, PA). I have been working full-time as a writer and musician for the past three years. References are available upon request.