Hometown: Charleston, Missouri

Entrance date: August 19, 2001

First Profession date: July 11, 2003;

Final Profession date: October 4, 2008 

Educational background: B.S. in elementary education from the University of Missouri, Columbia; working on master’s at Indiana University Southeast

Work background: A little of everything—potato farm for Frito Lay potato chips (six summers), grocery store, McDonald's, Baskin Robbins, RA in the dorms, Newman Center campus ministry intern, worked with students with autism in their homes and at school, tutoring

Present ministries: Teacher at Notre Dame Academy in Louisville, Kentucky; teach music to three-year-olds to eighth graders; technology assistant (manage school website and other odds and ends); math assistant (fifth–sixth grade), plan and prepare students for school liturgies

Other interests: Music, being with others, learning new things

What attracted me to this community: I felt God calling me to religious life. When I researched communities on the internet, I came across this website and really felt it addressed the fears I had about religious life. When I came to visit, I felt I had found what I’d been looking for. The sisters pray and work together. They genuinely care for one another and support each other.