About Me

I was born in Princeton, Illinois, but I've spent most of my life in Idaho.

I attended elementary school in Hayden Lake, Idaho.

I graduated from Sandpoint High School in the mid 90's and went to college at the University of Idaho, in Moscow.

The summer after I graduated from college I married my high school sweetheart, Thoren Teel.  That fall I taught College Algebra at the University of Idaho, but they didn't need me for the Spring semester, so I started writing a book.

The next fall I started teaching at Jerome High School, in Southern Idaho, where I taught mostly Geometry and Algebra 2.

After 12 long years, we decided to move back to North Idaho to be closer to family (and mountains and trees and water:)

I took a year off from teaching to finish my book, which still hasn't been published.

I taught Yearbook for 1 year,  Psychology for 4 years, Algebra 2 for 9 years, Technical Math for 11 years and AP Statistics for 6 years at Lakeland High School, in Rathdrum, Idaho.

Participated in "Think Tank" to improve teaching 2018 - 2020.

Won Teacher of the year 2016 and 2022.

This year will be my 8th teaching Geometry and my 7th year teaching Math Applications for Lakeland.

Also, this will be my 7th year teaching Dual Credit Statistics through NNU for Lakeland.

The 2026-2027 school year is my 26th year teaching and my 18th year at Lakeland High School.