 Denise brings all kinds of opportunities for her students to work in the classroom and outside the classroom so not afraid to take her students into other places to have them experience learning in a new way. Denise stands out as a teacher because she's passionate. Denise is also great at cultivating wonder in students and helping them to explore and inquire about the world around them. Denise is inspiring because she is constantly striving to be better and is so passionate and excited that she just shares that so it's contagious. Really it's about learning with your students and our students really are the experts and so we get them started and then we let them take off. It's not my way, it's not their way, it's how can we do this in a great way that's fun for everybody, teacher included. I think what I love the most is really igniting passion in students to really be curious about their world.