In the classroom
Educator · Arts Researcher · Learning & Curriculum Designer
I am an arts educator, researcher, curriculum designer, and education leader working at the intersection of the arts and learning. With a background in engineering, over a decade of training in Bharatanatyam, and a Master's in Dance Research from the University of Chichester, my journey reflects a deep belief in the power of interdisciplinary learning to shape how young people think, create, communicate, and engage with the world.
As a Teaching & Learning Lead for Arts, I work across Music, Theatre, Dance, and Visual Arts — supporting educators, shaping curriculum, designing learning experiences, and contributing to the development of arts education within a K–12 context.
My work extends beyond individual classrooms into teacher development, curriculum architecture, assessment, interdisciplinary learning, and school-wide approaches to teaching and learning.
My practice is grounded in the belief that the arts are not simply disciplines to be taught, but powerful ways of knowing. Through movement, music, performance, visual thinking, storytelling, and creative inquiry, I explore how learners can develop not only knowledge and skills, but also curiosity, agency, empathy, imagination, critical thinking, and the confidence to navigate complexity.
My research and writing focus on arts pedagogy, the lived realities of educators, interdisciplinary learning, and the evolving role of the arts in contemporary schools. My published work includes research on the journey of a dance educator within a K–12 space in India.
I am particularly interested in questions that sit at the heart of education today: What should young people be prepared for when the world around them is changing faster than curricula can respond? How can schools design learning that is meaningful beyond examinations? What does it mean to develop the whole learner? And how can educators move from delivering curriculum to designing conditions in which learning can flourish?
Across my work in schools, research, teacher development, curriculum design, and the arts, I am committed to building learning environments that are rigorous yet humane, structured yet exploratory, and rooted in both context and possibility.
My larger vision is simple: to help reimagine education through the arts — one that prepares young people not merely to succeed within the world as it exists, but to participate thoughtfully in shaping the world that comes next.
