I grew up in Boulder, Montana, and attended Boulder Public Schools from K-12.  I graduated from JHS in 1989.  I received my bachelor's degree from Western Montana College (UM-Western) with a master's in biology and a history minor.  My first year of teaching was in Wolf Point, Montana, where I taught life science and earth science.  I also coached football and junior high basketball.

I started teaching at Jefferson High (go panthers) in 1996.  I initially taught both history and science at Jefferson High School, but currently, I am teaching all life science courses.  I have also coached both football and basketball at Jefferson High in previous years.

For clubs,I advise the National Honor Society and the Science Olympiad team.