In Kindergarten I remember drawing a picture of my adult self as a teacher.  At 5 years old, I knew I wanted to be an educator, then in middle school I found my passion for science and nature education.  

After graduating high school and completing my Bachelors of Education in Science in Wisconsin, I took my first teaching job outside of New Orleans, Louisiana.  This was an eye-opening few months working on a military base in a very different part of the world than where I grew up.  The following school year, I transferred to a public bayou school in Boutte, Louisiana.  Three weeks into my first full year of teaching high school science, Hurricane Katrina hit the city and turned our lives upside down.  It was a challenging, but wonderful year working with incredibly resilient educators and students.  

My husband's university shut down his PhD program after the hurricane, so we moved to Eugene, Oregon for him to complete his degree at the University of Oregon.  I took a teaching job at a private college-prep school and stayed for 3 years.  

Our final move was to Alberta, Canada for my husband's work and we haven't regretted our decision to move up here for a second.   

Alberta has afforded me many opportunities to explore my passions for education.  I worked at a science entertainment company, started a body products business and permaculture education business, taught honeybee education classes for ABC Bees, and I now work at a progressive K-12 private school as the science department lead for our team of 15 educators and teach grades 2-7 life science.