Experience

Yellow Parachute Learning Partners

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Function Skills Performance Coach

  • Jan 2020 - Present

• Founder I Visionary

  • Sep 1999 - Present

  I live my life’s purpose daily and see how each step of my journey has guided me to pursue my unique passions and gifts to serve others. The gratitude for this opportunity continuously fuels my work; it's my goal that my students, clients, and fellow learning coaches will have the opportunity to do the same.My personal and professional experiences and research in education, spanning over 30 years, equip me with the ability to meet students, parents, and teachers where they are and offer insight and inspiration, along with space for reflection and growth, in pursuing their own unique gifts and contributions.I first discovered my passion for teaching as a teen-aged swim coach for the summer swim team that had filled my childhood. Aspiring to offer my swimmers the same love and support my coaches had given me, I spent hours in my role as a Water Safety Instructor studying how to break each stroke into small, achievable movements. Personalizing my lessons to draw on the strengths and natural tendencies of my students came naturally to me, and the Yellow Parachute tutor’s title as “Learning Coach” refers to this philosophy of drawing on a student’s strengths and interests to assist in further growth. Show less



Become Unstoppable

• Performance Coach

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  Would you like to achieve more in work and life? Would you like to achieve more with better life balance and less stress? Whether you want to achieve more as a leader, a team, or family, these are the three highest performance habits you can use to prioritize time and truly do what matters most. Lead with a Vision Manage with a Plan Prioritize Your Time Research shows that these skills effectively resolve task saturation, relieve cognitive load, reduce stress, provide clear focus, establish work-life balance, and improve performance and productivity by 30-50% on average. Connect to learn more about how you can lead a life by design. Show less



Creek Valley Elementary School

• Classroom Teacher

  • Sep 1999 - Jun 2006

  I followed my passion for teaching to the University of Minnesota’s top-ranked teaching program, then to the Edina school system. I sought to support struggling students through the power of individual attention, relationship building, and student/teacher conferencing. While teaching I realized that by watching students closely–that is, attending deeply to how they felt, what they said, and how they processed information–I could gain insight into how students learned and tailor my lessons to fit their particular styles and interests. I learned the power of patience, listening, constant innovation, and a focus on process rather than product. I am a passionate educator who understands teaching as both science and art. Drawing on direct experience, as well as current research in education, sociology, psychology, and neuroscience, I aim to "stand in the gap" between theory and practice in teaching and learning. Show less