Aliases given to me by students - Mrs. G, The Griffster, The G, G-force, and of course, The Mafia Mama! (I'm Sicilian) 

Family - I have two children.  My daughter Kate, is 24.  She is working on her master's degree in International Studies and travels a lot.  She currently is living in Germany.  My son Alex, is 27.  He's a network administrator in Chicago and is a super geek. (Remember...the geeks rule the world :) He also loves to travel and he is my partner on the Starquest trip.

Hobbies - I love reading novels, gardening , listening to all kinds of music, watching movies, and I spend a lot of time on my computer.    I have a master's degree in technology and curriculum reform, and I like taking online classes.   I also spend time online talking to my daughter while she's away and to my friends from all over the world. (Can you guess my screen name?)

I also love to travel (It runs in the family). During the last few years,  I've visited a lot of different places.  I've been to Toronto several times and I love the "most international city in the world".  I traveled to Hawaii, the big island and Oahu and saw an active volcano. While my daughter was studying abroad in England, I visited Ireland   and England The next year, I was able to spend almost a month in Italy ...Andiamo!!!  And I also got to spend a week in Sicily and visited the village where my grandfather grew up...Ammonini !!!

Last summer I got to travel to the beautiful last frontier of Alaska where we walked on glaciers learned how to mush dogs

 and went river rafting We saw lots of animals at Denali National Park, like caribou, grizzly bears,  moose, and more!

Food - The favorite food at my house is pizza, although

chocolate is right up there.                          

Work - This is the fourteenth year I've taught beginning chemistry and physics in the gifted program. I really enjoy my job.  For fun, try this:  The Elements Song
 
 

Fun Facts :
  I've worked a lot of different places in my long life, but one of my favorites was working in a hospital laboratory. I worked in the ER a lot!   

I love ALL kinds of music.  I once saw the Beatles in concert.   (I'm very old!!!! )  and

 I loved Blueman Group when I saw them in concert in Toronto and then in Chicago.

My dad ran a restaurant when I was growing up,    so I  learned to do all the jobs in a restaurant.

Since 1999, I have taken more than 325 kids on a physics trip in Florida in the summertime called Starquest.

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