Ms. Fig is a high school chemistry and physics teacher at Walter Payton College Prep High School in Chicago Public Schools. She is also the coach of both the girls basketball team and the science olympiad team at her school.
Ms. Fig graduated from York College of Pennsylvania majoring in Secondary Education-Science and minoring in both chemistry and special education. She earned her Masters degree in Curriculum and Instruction with a science focus in 2015, and is currently a member of the Michigan State-Wipro STEM fellowship. She has been focusing on making chemistry more accessible and engaging to all students by connecting it to things we experience in our everyday lives. Contact: [email protected] Twitter: @DFigenshu updated 2016 |
Teacher and LearnerYork College of Pennsylvania 2009
American College of Education 2015 MSU-Wipro Fellowship 2016 Strath Haven HS (Pennsylvania) 2011 Sanford School (Delaware) 2012 Walter Payton College Prep HS |
BasketballYork College Women's Basketball Team
2008-2009 NCAA Sweet 16 2008-2009 Co-captain JV Girls Basketball Coach Unionville HS (Pennsylvania) 2011 Sanford School (Delaware) 2012 Walter Payton College Prep HS |
Science OlympiadHead coach of Walter Payton HS Science Olympiad team, State qualifying 2014, 2015, 2016
Created an Engineering and Design seminar at Walter Payton HS, the first of its kind at the school |