About our Team

About:

My husband Nick and I have three children and one goofy lab named Fred. We have lived here in our old house on Lincoln Street since 2006.

Favorite Author(s): Jane Austen & J.K. Rowling

Favorite Fruit: pomegranates

Favorite Movie: Pride & Prejudice

Favorite Hobbies: spending time with family, gardening, traveling, eating

Education & Qualifications:

I have a Master’s degree in Teaching as well as a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Communication from the University of Maine. My thesis research was on culinary tourism, hegemony, and a Western gaze as evidenced in Anthony Bourdain’s text and television program, entitled “A Cook’s Tour.”

I recently completed a graduate school course on Early Language Development and Literacy and am an active member in the Maine Roads to Quality Professional Development Network.

I hold a valid Maine Teacher's Certification, a Family Childcare license through the State of Maine, am CPR & First Aid Certified and am a part of the the USDA Food Nutritional Food Program.

Work Experience:

After university, I worked at Puritan Medical Products and then spent seven years teaching English and Social Studies at SeDoMoCha Middle School. I left the public school classroom in 2016 in order to stay home with my young children. Additionally, I taught Sunday School for the Dover-Foxcroft Congregational Church from 2016-2020.

Volunteer Experience:

I have served on the Thompson Free Library’s Executive Board for the past 12 years and have a deep love of children’s literature! I also served on the DF Congregational Church's Christian Education Board for 5 years.

Professional Development:

I recently completed a graduate school course on Early Language Development and Literacy and am an active member in the Maine Roads to Quality Professional Development Network.

As for professional texts, I am influenced by the work of Maria Montessori, Simone Davies The Montessori Toddler, and Kim John Payne's Simplicity Parenting. I love to learn with and from children and look forward to learning alongside yours!

Favorite Author(s): Edna O'Brien, William Faulkner, Roddy Doyle, Colm Tóibín, Joyce Carol Oates

Favorite Fruit: Strawberries, blueberries & mangoes

Favorite Movie: O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Favorite Hobbies: Gardening, reading, spending time outdoors, spending time with my family

Education & Qualifications:

I earned a BA from the University of Connecticut where I studied English and Anthropology

Work Experience:

I worked at the PRYMCA for many years teaching a variety of classes. I currently work at Foxcroft Academy in the library.

About:

I was born and raised in Dover-Foxcroft. I graduated from Foxcroft Academy in 2004. I met my husband here 20 years ago. I am a mom of four and when I'm not helping out at seeds, I'm either reading a good book or working on house projects. My favorite tool to use on projects is a drill as it is so very versatile.

Favorite Author(s):

Grownup author: Elin Hilderbrand

Children's author: Sandra Boynton

Favorite Fruit: Raspberries

Favorite Movie: The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings movies

Favorite Hobbies: Gardening, crafting, and reading

Education & Experience:

I worked in a center-based childcare setting for two years and then attended the University of Maine at Augusta to study to be a dental assistant. I worked as a dental assistant here in town for seven years before deciding to stay home and raise my children.

Favorite Authors: Harper Lee, May Sarton, Mary Oliver, and Eckart Tolle

Favorite Fruit: blueberries, raspberries and blackberries

Favorite Movie: What About Bob?

Favorite Hobbies: Quilting, Reading, Hiking, snowshoeing, and swimming

Education & Qualifications:

Degree in Home Economics with Distinction UMaine 1971

Degree in Education, K-8 Certificate UMaine 1982

Work Experience:

Owner/Teacher of State Licensed Preschool "Village Preschool" 1980-1983

Special Education Aide SAD 68: 1983

Title 1 Tutor SAD 68: 1984-1986

Second Grade Teacher: Morton Avenue School, Dover-Foxcroft ME 1986-1996

Kindergarten Teacher: SeDoMoCha Elementary School Dover-Foxcroft 1996-2011

Volunteer Experience:

Center Theatre Founding Member 1998-2006

Pine Tree Hospice Bereavement Facilitator and Education Committee Chair

Piscataquis County Democrats: Co-Chair of Service Committee & Member of Communication Committee