About Me

I was born and raised in the little town of Jefferson, Maine. My elementary school was K-8, and when I graduated from 8th grade we were a class size of 48. Our town didn't have a high school, so we had our choice of five from surrounding communities. I enrolled at Lincoln Academy in Newcastle. My junior and senior years I participated in a community outreach program where I taught Spanish (and even a little Japanese) to elementary level students. My partner and I had to write up lesson plans and get them approved by the foreign language teacher before we went.

I went to college at the University of Southern Maine and enrolled in the Computer Science field. After one semester I found out that this was NOT for me, and wandered aimlessly for a couple of semesters dabbling in the social sciences (psychology, philosophy, sociology, etc.). I finally settled on Sociology since USM didn't offer a degree program in Education. However, upon graduation I enrolled in their ETEP program and spent an intense year where I was a full time student and taught in a 6th grade, then 2nd grade classroom four and a half days a week.

I started my official teaching profession as an Technology Ed. Tech. with what was MSAD71 in Kennebunk at the high school. When my position was reduced to part time the following year, I was very lucky to be able to slide into a similar position at one of their elementary schools. I was able to provide input into technology needs and wants when they constructed a brand new elementary school in 2004 and supervised the installment of SMART Boards into every classroom.

In 2007 my patience paid off and the district, now RSU21, created a new Technology Integrator position and was asked to apply. I was accepted into the position and have been working at the middle school for the past three years.

When I'm not juggling technology repairs, support for the MLTI 1-to-1 laptop program, and teaching a brand new computer literacy class to 6th graders, I like to find new hiking trails in Maine, kayak in the warmer months whenever possible, and x-country ski as soon as the snow hits the ground.