I grew up in Tulsa, OK and moved to Colorado in 2001.  After staying home with my children, I began working as a para at Burlington – the inspiration to complete my BA and educational licensure through Regis.  In 2011, I joined the Burlington staff as a kindergarten teacher.  Free time is spent reading, hiking, knitting, cooking, gardening, and working on our school musical (truly a labor of love).  I am an active learner, willing to try many different things if they might help my students.  If they don’t, we get to work together to find a new solution!  “Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.” —William Faulkner