Hi!  Welcome to my home page.  I am a Resource Specialist for the school district and as part of my duties I support the Mat-Su Day School programs.  I look forward to assisting students, staff and parents during their time with us.  I have been with the district since 2007 working in the area of behavior and social emotional learning.  I have been an educator since 2002 and I have been lucky enough to work with all grade levels in a variety of programs.  It is my pleasure to be a part of MSBSD.  

"I've come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom.

It's my personal approach that creates the climate.  It's my daily mood that makes the weather. 

As a teacher, I possess tremendous power to make a student's life miserable or joyous. 

I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. 

I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. 

In all situations it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated

or de-escalated and a student humanized or dehumanized."

-Haim Ginott