1. What is your current role(s) at Vaughn Schools?

PE/Health Teacher

Counselor

Athletic Director

Track Coach

 2.   What previous teaching, coaching, or other extracurricular activities have you been involved with, if any, at previous schools, and how many years of experience do you have?

I taught for 16 years at Holy Spirit Catholic School before getting hired here.

I have been teaching here for 8 years.

Total teaching experience: 24 yrs.

3. Give us a brief history to include where you are from, where you were born, where you graduated from high school, and if/where you graduated from college.

I was born in Missoula and lived there till I was 5.  We then moved to Red Lodge and then to Cut Bank.  I basically grew up there until 1991, when we moved to Great Falls, and I graduated from CMR.  I attended the University of Great Falls and obtained my Teaching PE/Health/Recreation degree.  I got married in 1996 and was married for 20 years before getting divorced.  I have been divorced for about 6 years.  I have 2 sons, my oldest is 23, and my other is 17.  They are the light of my life.  

4. Tell us about your family, spouse, or significant other.

I am single and loving it.

5. Do you have any pets?

I have 2 dogs (Baily, who is 3 and is a pure yellow lab, and Ruger, who is 5 and is half  Lab and half retriever), 2 horses that are 33 and 27, and a cat named Magie.

6. What are some of your hobbies and interests?

I hunt birds, camp all summer, fish, ride dirt bikes, and side-by-sides.

7. Are there any other interesting tidbits you want to share about yourself?

I really enjoy getting out and going to the mountains, and I truly love my job.