Avery is going on her third year teaching at High Tech Elementary Chula Vista and her seventh year teaching fifth grade. Before coming to HTeCV, Avery taught fifth grade at private schools in New York City. Her time at LREI (Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School), a progressive, activism-driven school, and Avenues: The World School, a language immersion school, only furthered her passion for teaching in student-centered environments. Avery is keenly interested in project-based learning that pushes students to learn through exploration. She works to foster a positive community in her classroom that is conducive to risk-taking. Before discovering her love for working with fifth graders, Avery was a high school English Literature teacher at Bronx High School of Science in New York City.
Outside of the classroom, Avery spends a lot of time with her baby daughter and family. Doodling, having long meals, time at the beach, and going to Target are a few of her favorite activities. She’s a fan of Haruki Murakami and reads surrealism any chance she gets. Avery has a B.A. in English from the University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA) and an M.A. in English Education from Teachers College, Columbia University (New York, NY) and is a native Spanish speaker.
