Welcome to the 2018-2019 school year!  I am thrilled to be back working with students after enjoying a wonderful summer filled with family, friends, vacations and relaxation.

I graduated from Northern Illinios University with a degree in elementary education.  I earned a master's degree, with an emphasis in special education, the following year.  After graduation, I worked for five years in the St. Charles and Geneva School distrits, in self-contained ED/BD classrooms (grades 3-5). I was able to help students modify or eliminate unsuitable behaviors and improve academics while working in this setting.  It was a wonderfully challenging start to my teaching career.  I took an extended period of time off to raise my family.  I have three daughters who have graduated from District 200 and are all attending various universities and one son who is currently a junior at Wheaton North High School.  

I have been employed by District 200 since 2006.  I taught one year in an extended day kindergarten program, had the opportunity to be a one-on-one aide for a special needs student in the district, then was hired to work at Lincoln School, as a special education resource teacher, from 2007-2017.  Last year I split my time between Whittier Elementary and Peasant Hill Elementary.  This your I will be working with resource students in grades K-5 splitting my time between Whittier and Lincoln.