This is my first full year in the West Des Moines school district. Previously, I taught English at Glenwood High School in Chatham, Illinois and worked as a para-professional for the Middleton-Cross Plains School District in Wisconsin. I received my BS in English education with endorsements in middle school language arts and social studies from Illinois State University in 2006. I received my MSE in cross-categorical special education with and emphasis in exceptionalities in learning K-12 from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in 2013. In my free time, I enjoy traveling the world with my husband and two sons.