Kimberly is a New Jersey native with over fifteen years of experience teaching at middle school, high school, and at the college level, which she believes gives her a unique insight into what students need to prepare for higher education. She holds two bachelor’s degrees, one in Historical Studies and one in Teacher Education, as well as a master’s degree in American Studies, all from Stockton University in Galloway, New Jersey. An American Studies degree is unique in that it draws on all the major disciplines – history, sociology, anthropology, and literature, for example – to explore the American experience. The interdisciplinary nature of this graduate education led Kimberly down many different paths, such as examining issues of changing masculinity in music through her thesis, “Getting Back to the Garden: The Peaceful Uneasy Feeling of the Male American Troubadours of Laurel Canyon, California,” traveling to Kigali Rwanda with the Never Again Rwanda organization to study government, human rights, and post-genocide peacebuilding efforts, and researching and writing for a biographical investigation report of Martin Luther King’s residence at 753 Walnut Street in Camden, New Jersey for the New Jersey Historic Preservation Office. She has taught an array of courses including American and World History, World Myths and Legends, Intro to Literature, Rhetoric and Composition, and College Writing. She has now landed in Los Angeles, where she has become a firm believer in the many advantages individualized learning can provide to students. She applies an interdisciplinary nature to all of her teaching, always with a focus on critical thinking, reading and writing proficiency, and historical and social awareness.