Contact Information, Bio & Photos

A little background . . .

I’m a Colorado native and 2011-12 marks my twelfth year of teaching English and working with middle school students. My husband and I have two daughters, Audrey, 13, and Sidney, 11. After living in Montana for two years, we left the fly-fishing for the cacti and moved to Tucson, Arizona. I completed my undergraduate degree at the University of Arizona and we returned home to Colorado in 2000. While teaching 7^th grade in the Jefferson County School District, I obtained my Master's degree in Curriculum & Instruction from CU-Denver.

Because I enjoy travelling and learning about other cultures, I traveled to the Philippines in June 2011 as part of a grant sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. I love to be with my family, read, hike, run, bike, go camping with our boxer and our husky, play the piano, and cheer on the Broncos and the Buffs. I look forward to working with parents and students this year as we help our 8^th graders grow as readers, writers, and independent thinkers!

The tour bus was as close as we got!