About Me

I was born in Rapid City, SD.  I moved to Brandon, SD when I was 4 years old and lived here through out my school career.  I graduated from Brandon in 1998 and decided I needed to move a bit further away to find my independence:)  I attended and graduated from Mankato State University from 1998-2003 with a K-6 teaching degree.  I decided that I wanted to pursue my Master's Degree in Educational Leadership and graduated fr0m Southwest State University, Marshall in 2005.

 In the meantime, I was moving from state to state and job to job.  I moved back to SD and I taught my first year at Flandreau Public School in Flandreau, SD in 2003.  I taught 5-8th reading.

 I reunited with my now husband and moved closer to him in MN.  I taught 7-9th grade reading in Shakopee, MN in 2004. I married my now husband, Ryan and we lived in Hampton, MN, which was too far away from Shakopee, so I resigned my position.

 I took a break from teaching because of wanting to experiment in an elementary position.  So I substitute taught for a year and decided that I loved teaching younger students.  Ryan and I decided to start a family and I became pregnant.

  I wanted to move closer to my family and hometown, so I started pursuing jobs in Brandon and received the position of 5th grade at Brandon Elementary.  We packed up and moved in June of 2006 and we started building our brand new house on an acreage by my parents.  My daughter Addison was born September 25, 2006 and we moved into our house Oct. 31st.  So it was a busy summer and start of the school year.  Cora Lynn was born Oct. 9, 2009. So we have two beautiful daughters that keep us extremely busyJ

Then I moved to the Robert Bennis family to teach JrKindergarten in 2007 . Which now brings me to Fred Assam, teaching 3^rd grade! I have been all over the Brandon district teaching all different levels and feeling complete in 3^rd gradeJ.