I'm a Colorado native, having been born in Colorado Springs, then growing up in Glenwood
Springs, on the Western Slope of Colorado. I spent several summers in my late teens
and early 20s working for a beach service in South Padre Island, Texas, and I still
have to get a beach fix once in awhile! I've also worked in a Mexican restaurant,
as a maid, at Baskin Robbins (yum!!), for an attorney, an accountant, in a retail
clothing store, at a property management company, in a real estate office, a mortgage
company, an office equipment company, and for a newspaper (where I proofed pages,
wrote some articles, and learned to layout pages). I've learned something in each
of these jobs that's been helpful in the years following, so I fully believe that
anything you do can provide important life lessons.
I am a graduate of the TSC OSHT program, and I also hold a Bachelor’s degree in Occupational
Safety and Health, with a minor in Human Resource Management, from Regis University.
I completed a Master’s in Education, option in Online Teaching and Learning, from
California State University - East Bay in 2004, and finished a Master’s in Higher
Education Administration and Leadership from Capella University in December 2012.
I have worked with the TSC OSHT program in various capacities since 1996, and I currently
serve as the Program Coordinator, in addition to teaching two or three courses each
semester. I have also done some safety consulting work through the years, primarily
with methane/natural gas exploration and production companies and small businesses
in the Trinidad area.
I have two daughters and four grandsons: 11-year-old cousins (not twins!), a two-year-old,
and the newest little guy, who joined us in August 2020. Grandkids are great; it’s
fun watching them grow and spending time with them without the pressure of being the
parent :-)
In my bits of spare time here and there, I enjoy spending time with friends and family,
baseball games, live music (especially blues), reading and doing puzzle books, and
in the summer months, working in the yard. Oh, and "Go Broncos!!!"
