~ was born in Massachusetts, but grew up in Washington State of the Pacific Northwest.
~ was five years old when Mt. St. Helen's erupted and remembers having to wear a mask to avoid breathing all of the ash from the volcano! (She even has several sculptures made from the volcano's ash!)
~ has piloted a plane once!
~ has had a live octopus crawl across her kitchen counter!
~ has piloted a boat under the rebuilt Tacoma Narrows Bridge!
~ has skydived once when she was 15... and her parachute did not open all of the way!
~ loves nature, Mt. Rainier, Mt. St. Helens, and the Puget Sound!
~ loves traveling across the Puget Sound on the ferry boats, while eating pizza sized chocolate chip cookies and watching for whales!
~ loves hiking, kayaking, spelunking, camping, road trips, and traveling!
~ had a black bear come to the kitchen window, while she was cooking dinner on vacation!
~ went to Iceland for spring break last year and got stuck there for an extra week!
~loves music, singing, plays several instruments, and enjoys going to concerts!
~ has 5 favorite colors: Black, Blue, Green, Brown, and Yellow (Earth Colors).
~ loves ice water with lemons, protein shakes, protein chocolate chip cookies, gorditas, lasagna, Red Vine licorice, Milk Dud's, and M & M's.
~ has an AWESOME husband and 3 AWESOME daughters!
~ believes that family and her students are EVERYTHING!
~ Loves Teaching!
My Family:)
Natasha, Noel, Nikola, Myself, Nadya, and Mr. Freund
Hiking with Nikola, Nadya, Natasha, and Mr. Freund