I love teaching at Hawthorn Academy!! When I started working here I taught second grade. I love that they are full of life and love to learn!! Now I teach sixth grade ELA and Social Studies. It's fun to see them grow and get ready to move on to middle school.

My mother was a teacher and I always wanted to be a teacher like her. She always told the best stories about her students. At one point in my life, I tried doing something else, but teaching is what I love.

I am a wife, mother and grandmother. I love my family. We have a lot of fun together.