Who: Ande Smith
Alias: Ms. Smith, Mrs. Sloth, Mrs. Skywalker, “that hippie teacher”
Date of birth: September 9, 1971
Place of birth: Dallas, TX
Species: Homo sapiens
Present employer: La Porte High School
Present occupation: science teacher since 1996
Previous occupation: working in the education department at Moody Gardens
Education: Westfield High School, Houston, TX 1990
Texas A&M at Galveston, Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology, 1994
Marital status: married to Christopher Lowe, also a science teacher –
Ask me about my message in a bottle story some day!
Favorite colors: PURPLE and green
Favorite books: The Lorax by Dr. Seuss, One by Richard Bach, all books by Barabara Kingsolver – its hard to pick favorites, I really enjoy almost every book I read
Favorite movies: October Sky, Chicago, Star Wars
Favorite foods: Indian food and Thai food (I’m vegetarian!)
Hobbies: gardening, reading, watching movies, going to the beach, camping & hiking, bird & other interesting critter watching, listening to live music, following Houston Aeros hockey, being a science nerd
Other interests: collecting Yoda merchandise from the Star Wars trilogy & prequels, attending Star Wars costuming events (yes, sometimes even in costume!), attending Renaissance festivals in costume, traveling, environmentalism

Favorite quotes:
Unless someone like YOU cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better its not. – Dr. Seuss

Wherever you go, there you are. – Unknown

In the end, we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand and we will understand only what we are taught.
– Baba Dioum

May the Force be with you. – Obi-wan Kenobi, Star Wars (originally)