Emily Healy is joining the Lick-Wilmerding High School community as a 10th and 12th grade History teacher. She is currently teaching Sophomore Modern World History and two senior electives, Modern World History Seminar: Bearing Witness to 20th Century Genocides and Modern World History: Japanese History.
“When I was 16, I had a really amazing experience teaching, sort of by accident, in rural China. It was a really formative experience for me.” Healy said. “I was doing a summer internship and researching an environmentally sensitive area of China. The person who was there to teach English to the Eco-guides got altitude sickness. So I was the only person who spoke English and Chinese. I got put into that role, and it was a really eye opening experience. I got to understand what it meant to have access to education and English instruction for my students. But also, it was a lot of hard work. I think I’d never appreciated what my teachers did to provide a good learning experience until then.” This was the first profession that really brought her the joy that she was looking for, and she’s been teaching since then.
Healy was born in the U.S., but moved to Taiwan as a child. She attended primary school and high school in Hong Kong, took a gap year in Italy and moved to the U.S. for college. Her favorite thing about Hong Kong is how cosmopolitan it is. Her peers were from South Asia, East Asia, South Africa, the UK and the US. She believes this diversity and exposure to this many cultures and languages was foundational in developing her own sense of identity.
Outside of teaching, Healy is very passionate about environmental conservation. Hiking and backpacking bring her a lot of joy. She loves reading, traveling, trying new things, being a plant mom and cooking. “I love to eat anything that is comfort food. I love Chinese food, Japanese food, Indian food and Thai food. That’s what reminds me of home. So that’s what I seek out when I go out to eat,” said Healy. “Since I got here, I haven’t had as much access to Asian grocery stores. So I’ve leaned on Mediterranean cooking. I love Jamie Oliver’s recipes, which are pseudo-Italian, and I also love Mediterranean cooking. I make good mapo tofu, which is a Chinese dish.”
“A perfect day in my life would start with dancing, then some breakfast, and then a hike somewhere really beautiful. And then I would have a picnic, with reading or board games with friends or family. It would all be centered around delicious meals and the outdoors,” said Healy. “ Also, if there was a service component, like something I could do to enhance, beautify or preserve the area I was in, I would find that really meaningful. Then I would come back and watch a movie or go stargazing.”
Overall, Healy has felt so warmly welcomed by the LWHS community, and would love to talk with anyone about any of her own interests or theirs, so don’t be shy to spark up a conversation about reading, cooking or anything else with her!
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