The 1st line of the FFA Creed states, "I believe in the future of agriculture...." and this phrase motivates me every day to help train and educate the next leaders of the agricultural industry.

I am an alum of Plateau Valley High School and started the agricultural education program here in 2007. My previous teaching experience was at Gateway School and Fruita Monument High School. It has been an honor to work with many PV students to grow the ag program to include more hands-on classes, concurrent classes and lots of leadership development opportunities. An integral part of ag education is the leadership development and career training available in FFA. Our students work hard to represent Plateau Valley well and compete in a variety of contests every year.

I studied art and agricultural education at Colorado State University and am in my 18th year of teaching. I love to learn and continue to attend training on changes in the industry, classroom management and other agricultural topics. My favorite part of teaching is helping students develop skills that make them more employable and helping them realize how talented and valuable they are.

I am also privileged to teach high school art and look forward to sharing the talent of our student artists.

I appreciate working and living in a community that values hard work and integrity. The community supports our school and agricultural education program in so many ways and I know that our success comes from those connections.

In my spare time, I love to be outdoors adventuring with my family, gardening, raising animals, being horseback doing leathercraft.