About me

Hi!
My name is Katie. I grew up in Washington, and my activities as a child included reading as many historical fiction and fantasy books as I could get my hands on, and then pretending I was Laura Ingalls Wilder and other enterprising pioneering characters. It came as no shock to anyone that I decided to study history. My current hobbies include reading (still), knitting, scrapbooking, and somehow pretending I am an outdoorsy person that likes to hike and camp despite the other aforementioned activities. I am engaged to get married in January of next year, and I am excited for the adventures of my grad school program.

This summer I visited the Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids.
This is me sitting in the president's chair in a cabinet meeting.

My goal since I was in high school was to become a high school history teacher, and I am now in my fourth year of teaching. My education so far includes a BA in History, a minor in French, and a secondary education certification in social studies, all from Gonzaga University. My first year out of college I worked at Eton School in Bellevue as a teaching assistant where I did everything from making copies, to supervising at recess, to teaching lessons in various subjects like math and geography. After that, I subbed for a semester before landing at Forest Ridge, also in Bellevue. I teach 9th and 11th grade history, and I love what I do!