I was raised by my amazing parents in a small town on the Montana prairie. I became good at math in the first place is because I have so many brothers and sisters (there are 10 of us). One is always doubling or tripling recipes and carefully dividing the dessert helpings.
My undergraduate degree came from the University of California, Davis, which has a beautiful, bike-friendly campus. UCDavis was a perfect place for me to leave the coop and find friends and a niche. Choosing a math as my major was sort of a lucky guess, and my job as a math tutor clinched my decision to become a teacher. One of the biggest adrenaline rushes of my life was opening my official diploma--it's worth the work!
The next year and a half was spent in Japan as a church volunteer/missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I spent time in areas in and around Tokyo: Kichijoji, Shibuya, Kofu, Yokohama, and Tama. The country has an incredible number of people, and I always felt safe and respected. I miss Japan and my friends there. My favorite thing to do was get on a crowded subway. There's no room at all, so you just sort of back into everyone to make some!
Next came graduate school at Brigham Young University. The classes were tough--I would have been disappointed if they weren't--but long hours and support from the professors and fellow students helped me get through. I especially owe thanks to my advisor, Dr. Peter Bates, for his tenacity and patience as we worked on my dissertation research.
Hallelujah, I graduated and got a job! I moved to Cedar City in 2004 and I love the clean air and slow pace but not the deep snow. Working at Southern Utah University as an assitant math professor is a blast. I like the small college atmosphere and the students are fun-loving, hard-working, budding geniuses.
Besides being a geek, math and otherwise, I'm a bookworm. Since I have no time to read, I listen to audiobooks while I brush my teeth, put on my socks, etc. Mainly I read juvenile fiction, but I also enjoy classics, short stories, and nonfiction. I watch movies while I exercise, and my latest favorites are Mr. Bean's Holiday, Matilda, The Greatest Game Ever Played, National Treasure, and Wallace and Gromit. My other hobbies include cooking experimental yet harmless conglomerations, and also playing the keyboard.
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| The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it; so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it. |
| Elbert Hubbard , taken from The Quotations Database, www.quotedb.com |