Amy is a recovered English teacher turned graphic design teacher. She advised yearbooks for 21 years. Like so many, she was asked to take on yearbook with little background as a second year teacher. She counts it one of the best things that ever happened to her. Amy started her career at Conifer High School in Colorado after spending ten years in industry. She moved to Arizona the summer of 2008 and now teaches at Willow Canyon High School in Surprise.

Amy’s passion for working with students to help them become responsible, engaged, civic-minded citizens of their communities began with growing as a journalism adviser and has led to her involvement with Arizona Interscholastic Press Association, where she serves as treasurer and previously served as summer workshop coordinator. She is also active in SkillsUSA, where she is the AZ Region 5 Coordinator, a position she has held for eight years. Her responsibilities include organizing the region’s championship competition with more than 30 competitions and over 1000 student competitors. On the local level, Amy is the lead advisor for her school’s SkillsUSA chapter.

She holds a B.A. in Theatre with an emphasis in costuming from University of Colorado, Boulder, and has completed Masters classes Liberal Studies focused on literacy at University of Denver.

Amy believes passionately in the potential of all students and has been accused by her own students of tricking them into being successful.