Library Media Specialist

Years of teaching experience:

20+ years of experience

Area of expertise

Library Media Services

Educational background

2009 Master of Library and Information Science, University of Missouri-Columbia

2000 Master of Arts in Education, Baker University

1983 Bachelor of Science in Elementary and Special Education, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Awards

Fifteen Donors Choose Grants

2015 VOYA Unsung Heroes Award

Awarded Picturing America Grant from National Endowment for Humanities for Brookside Charter School and CA Burke Elementary

Graduated cum laude at UNO

Graduated summa cum laude at Baker University

Graduated magna cum laude at MU

Why I Chose Education as My Career of Choice

I want to make a difference in children’s lives and instill a love of learning.

Personal Interests

In my spare time, I create glass art, crochet, do counted cross-stitch, quilt, and sew.  I also read lots of books. I have added an embroidery machine to my collection so am doing a lot of that now.  Love to Google Hangout with my family on Sundays to see my granddaughter grow up and catch up with my boys and daughter-in-law.