About the Teacher

Sr. Audrey Frances' childhood and youth were spent on several different continents. Her father is a retired Foreign Service Officer for the U.S. State Department, and she was born in New York, but within 6 months, her family moved to Hong Kong. Every 2-3 years, her family moved to another country, so from Hong Kong, they soon moved to Cameroon, then to the US, to Alexandria, VA. Next, they relocated to Benin, a small country in West Africa, and then to Paris, France, and finally back to Alexandria for Sister's final 2 years of high school. In every French-speaking country to which they moved, then-Audrey and her two younger sisters attended local French-speaking schools, so that they grew up bilingual.

The greatest joy of Sister's life, though, came during her freshman year at Mary Washington College in Virginia, when, through the vibrant campus ministry there, she came to know the Lord and His love, and fully embraced the gift of her Catholic faith. She also met the Oblate Sisters of St. Francis de Sales through the campus ministry. After graduating from Mary Washington, she entered their Novitiate in Childs, MD. She has since made her Final Profession.

During her years of formation, Sister had the opportunity to work in campus ministry while working on earning her Masters in Education at DeSales University in PA. She has since been able to put the lessons learned there to good use, and has 12 years of teaching experience as of the 2022-23 school year.

Sr. Audrey Frances is a lifelong learner, and one of her passions from childhood has been the mastery of the Spanish language. She has taken advantage of every opportunity that has come her way to spend time with native speakers conversing in Spanish and becoming acquainted with the wide variety of Spanish cultures, including through college courses, and through contact with Oblate Sisters from Ecuador and Columbia.

Besides teaching middle school Spanish, Sister also coordinates technology integration for IHM. In this role, she supports teachers as they strive to bring the latest innovations in this exciting area to the classroom. Sister is a Google Certified Educator, and loves to see technology used to engage and support students.