Mrs. Holtorf grew up in Overland Park, and attended school in the Shawnee Mission District. She graduated from Shawnee Mission South in 1996, and then went on to Kansas State University. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education with an emphasis in English in 2000. After teaching for 6 years, she took a "break" to start her family with her husband, Jerry (who is a high school math teacher). During the decade away from the classroom, she was a parent educator for the Parents as Teachers programs in Gardner and Blue Valley. Now, she's back in the classroom in Blue Valley - a little older, a little wiser, and very excited to be a collaborative partner in shaping young minds again. She will graduate with her master's degree in Elementary Education with a technology concentration in December 2017.