Election District E
Where and what do you teach?
I am a secondary English teacher in our alternative program at the Brainerd Learning Center.
What issue are you most looking forward to working on as a Governing Board member?
Equitable funding across the state
What is your favorite thing about being an educator?
Connections! Whether it’s students, colleagues, or community members, the relationships I enjoy enrich my life and remind me how much every individual matters.
Outside of the classroom, what’s something you like to do?
I am a voracious reader and love hiking and traveling.
How have you worked in union to overcome a professional challenge?
Where to begin? From using union power to navigate a toxic, retaliatory administrator, to fighting for appropriate compensation for teachers required to work during lunch and prep, my life and career have become all about advocacy through working in union.
