I am so happy to be a member of the Reading Intervention Team at Bradley West!  I have always had a passion to work with children in their development as life-long readers. I started off my career as a social worker with a bachelors degree from Illinois State University and later received my masters degree in teaching from Olivet Nazarene University in 2003.  I previously spent most of my teaching career in 4th grade, but have taught from Kindergarten to Sixth grade.  When I am not at school, I enjoy spending time with my husband and two daughters, Ellen and Kate and of course reading! I look forward to teaching the students at Bradley West!