About Me

Greetings! I am so excited for the start of this school year!  This marks my 24th year teaching and my 7th at Union Hill.  I have taught 7th, 4/5 split, 2nd, but 5th is my favorite!  So many awesome things happening with fifth graders.

 Just to give you a little bit of my background,  I received my teacher training in California at California State University, Chico and my Masters in Educational Technology at Michigan State.  I grew up here in Grass Valley and attended both Union Hill and Nevada Union. Both of my girls will be here at UH as well. My youngest, Mary, will be in TK this year. And, Elsa, my oldest, will be in 5th grade!

Before moving back to Grass Valley, I lived in Michigan for quite a few years! Go GREEN! My husband and I live in Grass Valley with our two girls, Elsa (10) and Mary (4) and our dog Olaf.  (Elsa really wanted to name her sister Anna but I vetoed it so she had to settle on naming the dog!) Elsa loves drawing, playing the piano, playing lacrosse as well as dance.  This year she is also raising a market hog for the Nevada County Fair.  Mary is Mary! She is a super independent little girl!