Education Specialist
I received my bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. I substitute taught for several years in Utah and California before getting my first teaching job at a private school teaching 2nd grade. After leaving that school I got a position at Palms Elementary in Perris teaching 1st grade and Kindergarten. I started at Springs in 2005 after I quit teaching full time to stay home with my first son. It was the perfect job because I could still stay home with him and make my own schedule with my families, and it’s still the perfect job 2 more kids later!
I really enjoy organizing and decorating my house, reading, working out, singing, and playing the piano. I also enjoy playing with my kids and spending time with my family, and traveling to Ohio and Arizona a couple of times a year to visit my parents and siblings and their children.
I don’t get much time to read, but when I do I enjoy mystery novels. I also love to read magazines, as well as home decorating magazines.
I really enjoyed math in high school, and every once in awhile I get a feeling that I would like to take another Algebra or Geometry class at the community college, just for fun and to see how much I remember!
I played the trumpet for 8 years and participated in concert band, marching band, jazz band, and pep band! Now I enjoy helping my 5th grader learn how to play my trumpet in his school band. I also was a cheerleader and had my most embarrassing moment ever as a middle school cheerleader – you’ll have to ask me about it! Some other fun facts – after I graduated college I was a nanny in New York for a year (so much fun!!), I love to play Scrabble (and I’m pretty good at it!), and I love to make lists and I have post-it notes everywhere!
2005
Springs Charter Schools are parent choice schools where the community is our classroom. Our mission is to foster the innate curiosity of our students, empower their parents, and promote optimum learning by collaboratively developing a personalized learning program for each student.
Eagle = Choice, Freedom, Initiative
River = Community
Book = Empowering Parents (Knowledge is Power)
Torch = Curiosity, Passion for Learning
Hands = Collaboration
Keys = Personalization, Unlocking the Student’s Potential
Oak Branches = Continuous Lifelong Learning
