About Me

I am a K-3 Special Education Resource Room Teacher. The 2025-2026 school year is my eighth year teaching in Coloma.

 

I taught kindergarten or first grade in Benton Harbor Area Schools for 25 years.  My last year in Benton Harbor (2017-2018), I was part of their Administration as the Partnership Agreement Accountability Assistant.

 

My Bachelors' Degree is in Special Education from Calvin University (formally Calvin College) and my Master's Degree in Elementary Education is from Western Michigan University.

 

I live in Benton Harbor with my husband, Tony, who is a retired high school math special education teacher. He is currently teaching PE/Health at Our Lady of the Lake in St. Joe. We have a son, Howie (22), who works full time and lives at home with us and a daughter, Mary, who is 23 and out on her own. We also have two dogs (Rocky, and Ollie).