I grew up in Romeoville and attended RC Hill, AVM and Romeoville High School.  After graduating from RHS, I attended North Central College in Naperville and received a Bachelor's Degree in Business Management.  I began working as a Sales Manager for a hotel and was very unhappy.  I decided to begin working in the school district.  I began at AVM in 2004.  I spent my first 9 years at AVM as a paraprofessional.  In 2007, I began taking graduate courses at the Univeristy of St. Francis in Joliet and received my Master's Degree in Elementary Education in 2009.  I began teaching Language Arts in 2013 and have stayed in this position ever since.