My background includes 18 years of experience as a certified and state-licensed athletic trainer (the person that runs on the field and takes care of athletic injuries among other things). I worked for 5 years as an athletic trainer and then started working for District 150. Currently, I teach at RHS and I am the speech coach. This is my second year serving as the athletic trainer for Richwoods High School. I went to Iowa State for my B.S. in Exercise Science: Athletic Training; Illinois State for a M.S. in Kinesiology; and Olivet for an M.A. in Teaching. I also minored in Sociology at Iowa State for fun and have taught it at RHS and also incorporate it into my other courses. In my spare time, I run a non-profit dog rescued founded in 2022 called Pet Pack Rescue Initiative.  I am active in animal rescue. I've fostered more and adopted out more than 700 dogs to date. In 2018, I was honored to be selected as one of the "40 Under 40."  My dogs are also certified therapy dogs and visit local nursing homes, libraries, schools, etc... My daughter is in 8th grade at Liberty Leadership Academy.

You are enrolled in: 

• ICC 104/ Health 150

• Medical Terminology (Hlth 121)/FIRST AID (HLTH 120)

• Foundations of Sports Medicine