09/01/2026
At 22, I got my first PE position for a charter school in the Bronx. —— Out of no where, I was told to teach health on Fridays to 9th graders.
• I was terrified and excited at the same time.
• Did I have any resources? NO. 🤯
• Did I know what I was doing? NO. 🤣
Due to the school having uplifting student events on Fridays (1/2 days), I didn’t see them often for health.
But—— when we started discussing sexual health. That’s when the REAL curiosity and REAL questions came in.
Little did they know, I was a catholic school student and didn’t get any sexual health education (so I was learning with them) 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That’s when health education sparked for me.
I wanted to do better
I wanted to learn more
I wanted to grow in the world of health education — it became a mission and a MUST
While I was teaching at the school, I was in my masters for physical education. After I graduated, I went straight to a post-masters degree in health education.
The rest is history 💅🏼