About Me!

  • Zoology degree from Texas A&M University (1995)
  • Worked with sea turtle researchers in TX and Costa Rica (1993-1995)
  • Worked with cuttlefish and giant squid during an internship at UT Texas in Galveston
  • Secondary Science Teaching Certification from Sul Ross State University (1996)
  • Worked for the cruise lines one year and traveled the world! (1998)
  • Worked for Sea World's Education Dept for one year! (1999)
  • Moved to Colorado in 2002 but still a lot of Texan in me. HA!
  • Masters in Curriculum and Instruction (2009)
  • I love reading, gardening and playing with my dog!
  • Married to Mike Rudolph (physics teacher at HHS)
  • We have one daughter born in 2008
  • Spent one year teaching science in Costa Rica 2013-14
  • 20 + years teaching science...high school and middle school...YAY!

From Alpine, Tx...6,000 people!

  • Lived in Antarctica for 5 months! Bottom of the world...brrrr! (2005)