About Mrs. Davis

Experience:

• This is my 24th year of teaching
• I’ve taught World History for every of those years
• I taught at PV for two years before moving to NC
• I am a National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT)

Education:

• Graduated from Chaparral High School, Class of 1996
• Bachelor’s Degree from ASU, Class of 2001. Go Sun Devils!

Oh, The Places I’ve Been:

• Britain, (4 times, including London, Stonehenge, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Lake District, Troussachs, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dover)
• Ireland (a huge chunk of it including Dublin and the Ring of Kerry)
• France (Calais and Paris)
• Italy (twice, including Florence, Pisa, Rome, and Milan)
• Switzerland (Alps and St. Moritz)
• Belgium (Brussels, Bruges, Gent)
• Luxembourg
• French Polynesia (Bora Bora, Morrea, and Huahine)
• China (Beijing, Great Wall, Xi’an, Shanghai, Changchun, and so many other regions!)
• Prague, Czech Republic
• Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
• U.S. States – Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Colorado, Utah, South Carolina, Florida, California, and Oregon. Plus, I’ve driven across the U.S. twice, so there are states I’ve just passed through (i.e. Texas, New Mexico, Missouri, etc).

Family:

• Married with 2 furkids (1 dog and 1 cat)
• 1 younger sister
• Mom, Stepdad, Dad, Stepmom.

Pet Peeves:

• Tardiness
• Swearing
• apathy
• bullies

Interests:

• Professional Fangirl
• Learning Korean
• Crafts (I can make just about anything)

Music

If it’s good, interesting, or different, I’m all over it. I listen to music from all over the world and in all different languages. (when I travel, I always visit a music store and buy whatever the locals recommend).  My music love also extends to soundtracks for movies and television. I listen to just about anything and don’t really limit myself to specific genres, artists or geographic region, but there are a few artists that always have my attention.

• BTS (I’m a card carrying, light stick wielding, play it all on repeat ARMY💜)
• Kpop in general (some faves include The Rose, GOT7, K-Drama OSTs)
• British Indie rock/pop (primarily Johnny Flynn and Mumford & Sons)
• Goo Goo Dolls
• Matchbox 20
• Coldplay
• Linkin Park
• Matt Kearney
• Classics (i.e. Marvin Gaye and Van Morrison)

Favorite Food:

• Anything Korean
• Starbucks’ Cafe Mocha w/ whip cream (hot)
• Anything chocolate (not with fruit filling – ick)
• Candy in general

Current Favorite TV Shows:

• K-Dramas in general
• Stranger Things
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
• Bob’s Burgers
• The Great North
• Only Murders in the Building
• American Greed
• Dateline
• Anything on the ID Channel

Old Favorite TV Shows:

• Big Bang Theory
• The Office: British and U.S. editions (went to a convention and met the cast )
• Shadowhunters (attended two conventions, met the cast)
• Daredevil series and all associated spinoffs
• The Untamed
• Parks and Recreation
• Sherlock
• Grimm
• Fringe
• Psych
• Arrow
• Smurfs (original 80s Version)
• Arrested Development
• Star Trek: The Next Generation
• 80s vintage TV (Knight Rider, A-Team, Airwolf, etc)

All Time Favorite Books:

• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
• This is Water by David Foster Wallace
• Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer (yeah, I’m one of those people – all of my books are personally signed by Meyer 🙂 )
• Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
• Mortal Instruments, Infernal Devices, and Dark Artifices Series by Cassandra Clare (I met her and she signed two of my books!)
• Maisie Dobbs Series by Jacqueline Winspear
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
• Crazy Rich Asians Trilogy by Kevin Kwan
• Just about any haiku anthology

All Time Favorite Movies:

• The original Star Wars Trilogy
• What About Bob?
• Tommy Boy
• Twilight Saga (yes, all of them)
• Spider-man 2 (2004)
• Anything made by Marvel Studios (except for Affleck’s Daredevil)
• The Lion King
• The Little Mermaid
• All 7 Harry Potter movies
• While You Were Sleeping
• Star Trek: Wrath of Kahn, First Contact, and Insurrection, plus all three J.J. Abrams reboots
• Pride & Prejudice and Zombies
• Godzilla (any of them – I’m a dork)

There’s a million more, but this list is getting ridiculously long. In short, I LOVE movies.