I was raised in South Dakota and moved to Tucson after graduating from the University of South Dakota. I originally planned to major in architecture but changed to math education as I realized I was more engineer than artist. Engineering did not give me the warm-fuzzy" career I was looking for so I changed to math education. I raised three children in Tucson. All three went through TUSD schools and two have graduated from the U of A. The last child is currently a student at the U of A. I am passionate about public education and dedicated more than 30 years to teaching high school and college students. Throughout my 30 years as a math teacher in TUSD I periodically taught at Wilmot State Prison, Pima College and U of A. Two years ago I was ready to retire from TUSD, but not from my job as an educator. I have enjoyed the past year being able to use my teaching and mentoring skills in a familiar setting classroom) but in a completely different system and with a smaller workload. I look forward to continuing teaching math while also mentoring student teachers and new teachers as they prepare to take my place.