Hometown: Celestine, Indiana

Entrance date: August 10, 2003

First Profession date: April 22, 2006

Perpetual Profession date: October 1, 2011

Educational background: B.S. in elementary education with a kindergarten endorsement from St. Mary-of-the-Woods College, St.-Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana; working toward a master’s in reading education at University of Southern Indiana

Work background: Worker at Dairy Queen; counselor and director of Outpost, a Catholic summer camp of the Diocese of Evansville; Fourth grade teacher at Saint Bernard Catholic School in Rockport, Indiana

Present ministry: First grade teacher at a Catholic school in Louisville, Kentucky.

Other interests: Reading, playing cards, knitting and crocheting, and having fun

What attracted me to this community: I felt like I could be myself when I visited. I really felt relaxed and at home with the size and dynamics of the community. When we gather for prayer three times a day, it energizes me to keep going. I also was attracted and continue to be attracted to the community living.