Carolyn is a K-12 educator with a passion for teaching that spans over 26 years. She has been a classroom teacher in high school, junior high, and elementary classrooms in Southern California. Currently, she is a literacy coach in junior high, where she leads ELA intervention and ELD instruction campuswide.
Carolyn is best known as A Primary Kind of Life on Instagram, where she shares teaching advice, Google tips, and insights into the teaching world with a touch of humor and a lot of honesty.
She is also the creator of APL Fonts, leaving her hand-lettered mark on classrooms worldwide. Carolyn has a passion for problem-solving and ed tech, and loves to help teachers organize their classrooms with color-coded systems. As a certified Google Trainer, she offers many practical, innovative tips that help teachers work smarter not harder.
In her free time, you’ll find her hanging out with her family, running, baking, or practicing calligraphy. Her favorite vacation spots (thus far!) have been Thailand, Hawaii, and South Korea. Carolyn loves connecting with educators across the globe…sharing experiences and “me too” moments that only teachers can grasp. she is looking forward to guiding fellow educators on new journeys and she hopes to make each trip an inspiring, enriching experience that carries over into their classrooms.