I graduated from Davenport University and also attended Calvin College, where I met my husband, who was a student at Kuyper College at the time. After he graduated, we traveled to Costa Rica for language school and were assigned to serve as missionaries there during the 1980s. Two of our three children were born in Costa Rica.
We returned to Michigan in 1991, and I taught Spanish to students in grades 1–12 at East Martin Christian Schools for 16 years. In 2012, I joined The Potter’s House High School, where I served as the Building Standardized Testing Coordinator, Registrar, and Guidance Office Assistant. I retired in 2023 but have since returned to work part time at South Christian. I am loving getting back into school and working with high school students.
I love to swim for exercise. I love to do art in my home studio and run an Art Club in my church. My husband and I have recumbent TerraTrikes and we love to bike the Michigan bike trails as well as in other states and Canada. We have 15 grandchildren, ranging in age from 1-29, who keep us busy and happy.
