From Belgrade, Nebraska, I grew up on a farm, the third child of four to my parents, a farmer and a teacher. After graduating from Midland University (then Midland Lutheran College), my first position was teaching K-4 in a two-room rural school. I moved to Lincoln in 2003, and married my husband Dave in 2004. We have one daughter. In 2012, I finished an endorsement in English Language Learners and completed an endorsement in Library/Media and Technology in 2014. Since then, I have been Arnold Elementary's School Librarian.