Why am I interested in serving on the WAPS Board ?

  • I want every child in the Winona area to have an excellent education.

  • I was the first in my family to attend college, education allowed me to pursue my dreams.

What experience will I bring to the WAPS Board?

  • 30 years classroom teaching experience, kindergarten through post-secondary.

  • I taught reading at Rochester Community and Technical College for 17 years. I witnessed how difficult it is for students to succeed with inadequate reading skills.

‍Professional skills that I will bring to the WAPS Board:

  • I bring expertise in reading and literacy education. Our students’ reading scores are too low.

  • Improving reading scores is an urgent challenge facing our schools. The Minnesota Read Act was passed in 2023 to improve K-12 reading outcomes

My priorities:

  • I will first seek to build good working relationships with the other school board members.

  • Second, I will commit personal time to spend with teachers, staff, and administrators, to learn what their thoughts, ideas, and priorities are.

  • Third, I will commit to fully understand and participate in the many duties and responsibilities of the school board; and to develop a deep understanding of the WAPS budget.

College and graduate education:

  • Bachelor of Arts degree in Visual Art and in K-12 Art Education

  • Master of Education in Teaching and Learning

  • K-12 Reading Teacher Certificate

  • Master of Literacy Education

  • Adult English as a Secondary Language (ESL)

Teaching experience

  • High school Art specialist , DePere WI

  • Adjunct Instructor, Art, St. Mary's University of MN

  • Art specialist, Dover-Eyota Elementary School

  • Reading Specialist, Rochester Community and Technical College