Yes, I'm a Doctor (Ed.D).

No, I can't stitch you up if you fall down and hurt yourself. Well, I can but I wouldn't advise it.

As you will read below I grew up in Boulder, Colorado where I graduated from Niwot High School in 1996. I was always one that enjoyed the small classroom sizes as well as swimming and music, so I decided to head to a small town in Minnesota for college. Loved it. Probably the best decision I ever made. While at St. Olaf I traveled a lot. To places like Australia, Germany, Switzerland, Israel, Egypt, India, Nepal, China, and South Korea. Traveling made me love my area of study even more, and I think helped me land my jobs in Lakeville, and then Northfield Minnesota teaching Middle/High school History and Geography. During my time teaching I got my Masters and Doctorate in Educational Leadership at St. Thomas University. I also got married and had 3 babies, 2 of which are adopted from the United States. My oldest kiddo was born in 2007 (a 4th of July baby- fireworks for sure!), my middle child was born in 2011 in Utah and the baby of the family was born in 2014 in Texas. In the summer of 2015 I got the opportunity to move back to my favorite state in the nation while on vacation visiting family. We left Minnesota for a short visit and never came back to live. (Yes, that was crazy!) But now I am here and loving my job at Fossil!