> Growing up in Shoreview, MN and attending Mounds View High School, I played basketball and was concertmaster of my High School Orchestra. I was a member of the All-State Orchestra my senior year and a National Merit Scholar Finalist.
> The University of Minnesota recruited me for an Assistant Scientist position in the Department of Plant Pathology doing fungal genetics work and field research on dry beans.
> I felt that I needed more people contact so I left my research job and entered the post-baccalaureate MEd/Initial Licensure program for science education at the University of Minnesota.
> In my spare time I work on my house, sew, cook, make bread, drink tea, ride my bike here and there, and make award-winning beer and cider. I'm a BJCP (Beer Judge Certification Program) certified beer judge and judge at the Minnesota State Fair.
> Favorite quote: "All Battles are won before they are fought" Sun Tzu (It's all about the preparation!)