This year is the 29th year I have been teaching at Dunkerton.  I was born in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin and raised on a farm near Elkader, Iowa.  I graduated from Central Community Schools in Elkader.  My B.A. is from the University of Northern Iowa, where I received a degree in elementary education and remedial reading.  Prior to coming to Dunkerton, I was a substitute teacher in Iowa Falls and taught remedial math in Waukon, Iowa. At Dunkerton, I taught remedial reading and second grade prior to moving to first grade.    

     I have been married to husband, Jeff, for 31 years.  We live in Cedar Falls with our two basset hounds, Molly and Chloe.  I have two daughters.  Sara is 28 and works at Northwestern University Hospitals in Chicago as a project coordinator in the brain research department.  Kati is 24 and a dietician, serving three long term care facilities in Chicago.

     I enjoy gardening, craft projects, reading, traveling and shopping.  My husband and I are avid Hawkeye fans!