30 Years in education (classroom teacher, reading specialist, instructional coach)

Mother of three grown children (and a daughter-in-law!)

Mountain biker, hiker, archer, READER!

Wife: married 28 years to Sergeant Larry McCandless, DPD.

Learner: BA in Elementary Education (Hendrix College, 1989), MA in Reading (University of Northern Colorado, 2004), Member of Teacher Leader Cadre, 2011, Inspired Writing Cohort 2012-2014, Innovation Avenue presenter 2011, 2014. ReadyGen Pilot group, 2018, LETRS cohort 2018-2020.

Orton Gillingham trained, levels I, II, III.

Researcher: action research participant; reading diagnosis and remediation, 2003 and participant in Flipping the Classroom research, 2013.