Hardworking and passionate about children and their development.
Children are special, they are individuals and need to be treated as such.
I believe in solutions! I believe in brainstorming. I believe in loving and caring for an individual until they are ready to seek or receive help.
*CNA (certified nurses assistant) - Senior year in high school
Worked at Merry Haven nursing home in Snohomish
*CERT (community emergency response team) - Duvall/Carnation - 12 years
CPR & First aid training certified many times
*Volunteered at my children's co-op preschool, Carnation Elementary, and Riverview learning center
*Volunteered at Little Bit Therapeutic Riding stables in Redmond
I was a side walker, helping children with disabilities ride horses
* Took a class on foster care after my nieces two children (three & four year old) came to live with us for three months.
*I've enjoyed volunteering at Hopelink, sorting canned goods, book drive, and gleaning farmers fields
*I have volunteered for the past 28 years at my church fulfilling many rolls:
Nursery leader - 18 months to three years olds
Primary leader and teacher - three years old to eleven
Young men and young women's leader - twelve to seventeen
The women's program, eighteen years and up
Each of these rolls involved committees, presidencies, planning and preparing lessons, activities, and day camps and over night camps - as everyone knows, there is much communication and dedication that is involved when planning great events.