I am excited to be involved at Grace Lutheran School for a third year as a math teacher. I have held many positions here over the years, starting with being a parent of Grace students, then Junior Great Books leader, enrichment teacher, teacher aide for several grades, breakfast supervisor, librarian, substitute teacher, and math teacher. In each of these roles I have enjoyed getting to know the children and their families.

I wanted to be a math teacher ever since I was a young girl playing school with my younger sister and brother. I enjoyed making arithmetic worksheets for them to do! I helped my classmates with math in both junior and senior high school. At Concordia College in Moorhead I studied math, physics, and education. I taught physics and grades 9-12 math in Grafton, ND for several years. After moving back to Fargo, I taught various math and physics classes at Concordia College. I've also taught hands-on physics classes for elementary and secondary teachers across the state of ND. Now I am back to teaching students about math!

My husband teaches in the computer science department at MSUM. Our daughter has a Master's Degree in Education, is married, and lives in Hugo, MN. One of our sons graduated from NDSU and is now a 1st Lieutenant in the US Army. He is presently serving our country in Iraq. Our younger son spent the summer as the director of the nature lodge and merit badge counselor at Camp Wilderness and is a senior in biology at MSUM.

I have taught all ages (2 through adult) of students in Sunday School and now enjoy leading an adult class with my husband. Teaching VBS every summer is also a tradition, as is attending Camp Wilderness (Boy Scouts of America) each summer for a week or two when my husband is chaplain there.

When I have spare time I can usually be found reading a book. I like just about every genre. Students have "accused" me of having about a hundred favorite books. They might be right!