Greetings to you all. I have recently joined the St. Stephen’s team and I am blessed and grateful to be a part of the school. I am originally from Bismarck, ND. I grew up in Fargo and Grand Forks, ND. I attended the University of North Dakota for a time and then transferred to Minnesota State University. I graduated with a B.A. in Elementary Education in grades 1-6 and a Kindergarten Endorsement. I am also trained in Montessori education and philosophy and hold a Montessori certification inteaching ages 6-12.

Out of college I taught Kindergarten readiness programs in Fargo, ND and Des Moines, IA. I was then the administrator of and early childhood center in Des Moines. Within a year, I decided my purpose and passion remained, with the children, in the classroom. After receiving my Montessori certification I taught multi-age classrooms of 1st -3rd graders in Des Moines and Minneapolis, MN. My husband and I moved to the Roaring Fork Valley, where I took a position teaching 1st-3rd grade at Ross Montessori School.

My husband and I have been in the valley since 2006. We have 2 boys, Jamison and
Dylan, who keep us on our toes. We spend much of our free time together rafting,
camping, 4-wheeling, playing baseball and laughing. We have lived all over the valleyand have found ourselves at home in Glenwood Springs. I am excited to work at St.Stephen Catholic School and be a part of all it has to offer to the students, families andcommunities it serves.