Born and raised in Montana.  I grew up in the small town of Harlowton.  I graduated high school in 2002 and went to college at Montana State University.   In 2007, I started my teaching career as a 2nd grade teacher in Harlowton, MT.  I taught 2nd grade in the same classroom I had attended 3rd grade in as a child.  In 2011, I moved to Wyoming and taught 2nd grade and then special ed preschool.   While working at the preschool, I attended Texas Tech University to get a Master's in Deaf Education.  I met my husband in Wyoming and we married in 2017.  We moved to Colorado so I could pursue my dream of becoming a Teacher of the Deaf in 2018.  We love to go camping, hiking and spend time with our dogs!