Teacher Bio

This will be my 17th year teaching on the elementary/middle school level.  I recently moved to Phoenix from Des Moines, Iowa.  I lived for MANY years in California and attended California State University, Fullerton for undergraduate work in Social Science/English and California State University, Bakersfield for graduate work in Education. I am a mom to three amazing (adult) children: I have two daughters (one who is married and will be having a baby in Feb – woo hoo) and one who just graduated high school.  I also have a son age 26 who lives in Austin, TX.  As an ELA teacher, of course I LOVE to read, but I also really enjoy volunteering and spending time with family. I am 100% a dog person and can’t wait until I’m a bit more settled in my new “hometown” so that I can rescue an AZ dog! 🙂

Although I have many years of experience in education, I find that every year I learn so much about life from the students I am blessed to work with everyday.