I have always had an extraordinarily strong passion for guiding and teaching young children through their first years of life. I have been working with children for many years. I graduated from Illinois State University in May of 2015 where I majored in Speech-Language Pathology and also took courses in Early Childhood Education. In college, I enjoyed volunteering in preschool through fifth-grade classrooms where I had the wonderful opportunity to truly learn what it is like to be an early childhood educator.

After graduating, I accepted a full-time nannying position where I even more so realized the importance of teaching and caring for children. In the Spring of 2016, I accepted my first teaching position as the lead teacher in a two-year-old classroom and that is when I knew I had found my passion. Starting my teaching career leading a two-year-old classroom has taught me more than I ever thought I could learn! In December 2017, I accepted a position with L&L Academy as the Lead Toddler Teacher at our Lakeview East location and shortly thereafter I transferred to our Infant and Toddler Center where I held the position of Center Director and Lead Toddler Teacher for two years. It has been such a rewarding experience working amongst such wonderful teachers and creating such strong relationships with all families at L&L.