I graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Superior with a BA in Elementary Education and a Special Education minor. Afterward, I came to Grantsburg to teach fourth grade for the 2003-2004 school year. My first-grade adventures began the following year when I was hired to teach first grade. I attended Viterbo University and completed my Reading 316 coursework in the spring of 2018. I then moved to third grade in 2018 and became a reading teacher in 2019. My husband, Ben, and I have 4 wonderful children (Ruby, Renae, Riku, and Kenny).