Taylor wandered into a kindergarten classroom that smelled like freshly baked bread and never looked back. As a student at the Austin Waldorf School in Austin, Texas, she watched her dad hammer shingles onto the roofs of the brand new high school buildings and was one of the first kids to set food in the brand new gymnasium. She loved the Waldorf world, and was known for being “good” at Main Lesson books and a bit of a bruiser in the playground flag football games. She remembers her high school experience as a kaleidoscope of books that changed her life, essays on essays on essays, camping trips, and battling on the basketball court.
After graduating in 2010, Taylor attended Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, where she was a member of the basketball team for her first two years. She initially planned to study International relations, but ended up majoring in Spanish and minoring in Creative Writing. While in college, she traveled to Costa Rica, where she found an ecological resort called Rancho Margot that utilized innovative technology to try to minimize their carbon footprint. While there, she became fluent in Spanish, and spent her days working on their farm and offering tours of the property in both Spanish and English.
In a series of events that were mostly driven by the heart, Taylor ended up in Santa Fe, New Mexico after graduating, working for Enterprise Rent-A-Car in their Management Training program. While she never had any aspirations to rent cars, Taylor immediately loved the fast-paced working environment and was able to use her Spanish on a daily basis. She continued in this career path, until one day she asked the question that seems to catch up with us all at some point: what am I doing with my life?
That led Taylor to connect with the local Waldorf school, who had an immediate need for some to help with aftercare. While dipping her toes back into the Waldorf world, Taylor also committed to completing the Waldorf High School Teacher Training offered by the Center for Anthroposophy out of Wilton, New Hampshire. She waited in the wings, teaching a variety of things as needs arose, until a full-time Humanities position came available in the high school. For 5 years, she taught English, history, and art, along with offering College Guidance and serving as the high school Boy’s Basketball coach until the school’s closure in the summer of 2023.
Now she is working on a novel, mom-ing, teaching a bit here and there, and smashing the hard beeswax against the desk over and over even though it never works.