I am originally from Western Kansas. I graduated from Spearville High School. I attended Dodge City Community College and transferred to St. Mary of the Plains College to complete my major in Elementary Education. I graduated in 1985 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education.
In 2001 I started teaching at Colwich Elementary. I have taught kindergarten, third grade, and coached jr. high girls basketball. I am presently teaching second grade.
My teaching career started in Dodge City, KS where I taught second grade for two years. I then moved to Wichita, KS and taught first grade at St. Francis of Assisi for fourteen years. I have been at Colwich Elementary for twenty-one years, teaching kindergarten, third, first and second grade reading, and second grade.
I have been married to my husband, Steve. for 31 years. He works for the United States Postal Service in Wichita. We have three wonderful children. Chris, our oldest, is married to Amanda, and they have four children, Wyatt, Emma, Lilly, and Maggie. They both work in the medical field. Our daughter, Jill, is married to Deigo, and she is a physical therapist in Wichita. Our youngest, Jeff, is married to Karlye, and they are expecting their first child at the end of August. This will be his first year teaching at Colwich Elementary, 5-8 grade Social Studies.