In December 2000, I graduated from Concordia College with a degree in Elementary Education (K-6). I began subbing in Saint Paul Public Schools iin January 2001. After subbing and teaching Intersession for the remainder of the 2000-2001 schoool year, I was hired at Crossroads Science! My first year started with teaching our Excel 5.5 class. In March of 2002, I was moved to a kindergarten classroom to complete the year for another teacher. I fell in love with kindergarten students! I co-taught Pre-K for one year. The next several years were spent teaching a mixed-age classroom with Pre-K and K students. I have had the pleasure of teaching kindergarten ever since!

I lived on the east side of Saint Paul from 2001-Spring 2018. I married my husband in 2007. Our daughter was born in 2010 and our son in 2016. In the spring of 2018, our family moved to White Bear Township.