- I taught at Herrick for the past 11 years
- I graduated from Hillcrest, O'Neill and Downers Grove South
- I earned my bachelor's degree from Elmhurst College
- I earned my reading specialist degree from Northern Illinois University
- As former newspaper reporter for the Downers Grove Reporter, I write almost every day
- I teach yoga
- I ran in college, and continue to coach at the high school level
- I am an advocate of reader's workshop, allowing my students to choose books they want to read
- I have a son, who is 9 months
- I adopted rescue dogs, Haley, who is a Border Collie terrier mix (pictured below) and Daisy, a Cattle Dog.