Who is Mrs. Korman?
I spent my early childhood in New Orleans, where I learned to talk and developed a lifelong affinity for all things French. The rest of my childhood and adolescence unfolded in Okinawa Japan, and the small coastal fishing community of Beaufort North Carolina.
In high school, I thrived academically while running track, playing trombone in the marching band, and serving as yearbook photographer. During summers, I studied food science at NC State. My hard work earned me a full scholarship to any school in the UNC system. Having lived by the ocean my entire life, I chose UNC Wilmington, where I studied French and Archaeology and met Mr. Korman, a recent graduate of the physics department.
After graduation, I spent many years in corporate software support before returning to school for my teaching license. After seven years in the classroom, I pursued further education at NC State as a Science Scholar Leader Fellow, earning a Master’s in Secondary STEM Education and a graduate certificate in Climate Adaptation. The program introduced me to GIS software, which has become one of my favorite tools—it’s remarkably powerful for addressing environmental threats, whether ecological, sociological, or both. You can view my portfolio by clicking here. I’m happy to discuss it further if this is something of interest to you.
Outside the classroom, I enjoy traveling, reading, triathlon (swimming, cycling, and running), photography, hiking and camping, kayaking, watching football, baking, and stargazing. I’m also a registered yoga teacher.
Our family includes two shih tzus (Georgie and Tina), two parakeets (Bread and Butter), and two grown former exchange students who attended Broughton High School: Lena from Germany, who recently completed her PhD in molecular biology, Lauri from Finland, who is currently in nursing school.
