I grew up in St.Paul and after traveling and living abroad I settled across the river in Minneapolis. Despite a lackluster first year of Spanish in high school I fell in love with the language after spending a summer in Spain my junoir year. My language experiences led me back to Spain in college and I was inspired to become a teacher while teaching at a primary school in Guatemala. 

These days I stay busy hanging out with my husband and kids and taking advantage of all the great things Minneapolis has to offer. I'm thrilled to be teaching at South and look forward to providing students with a positive approach to learning Spanish. Our city has unlimited opportunites to speak Spanish and South Spanish students also have the tremendous opportunity to travel abroad with Spanish department trips. ¡Viva  el español!

Education:

• Private English tutor in Madrid, Spain
• Attended La Universidad Complutense de Madrid
• BA in Spanish Language and Literature from the University of Minnesota
• Teacher in La Paroquia Primary School in San Lucas Tolimán, Guatemala
• M.Ed. in Second Languages and Cultures from the University of Minnesota
• Teacher in Minneapolis Public Schools since 1992
• Attended Teachers of Spanish as a Second Language Institute at the University of Alcalá, Spain in 2016