I started working for Saint Paul Public Schools in 1998 as a Teaching Assistant at Groveland Park Elementary, where my three sons were students at the time. I had many different roles at Groveland - classroom, cafeteria, office and library.

In 2011 I moved to Eastern Heights Elementary and was the Success Coach for three years before moving to Pre-K as a Teaching Assistant in 2014. It's great fun to watch many students change and grow!

Grand Forks, North Dakota is where I was born, raised and attended school. I moved to Saint Paul following graduation from UND. 

I'm happily married to a Saint Paul native. We raised our three sons in the home in which my husband was raised and are still living in that home!