This school year 2023-2024 is my fifteenth at Prairie-Hills Junior High School.  

I received my B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Germanic Languages.

I have two master's degrees.  The first master's degree is from Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, California in Physical Education.

The second master's degree is from National-Louis University in Elementary Education.

I finished my doctoral program in 2020 from Walden University in Teacher Leadership.