Hometown: Hagerstown, MD

Entrance date: August 29, 1998

First Profession date: July 22, 2000

Final Profession date: September 23, 2006

Educational background: B.A. in elementary education from the College of Notre Dame of MD; master’s in learning and behavior disorders from Spalding

Work background: Second and fourth grade teacher at St. Raphael; resource teacher at St. Raphael; lots of youth ministry experience

Present ministries: Second grade teacher at a Catholic school in Louisville, Kentucky

Other interests: Youth ministry, volunteering at the Coalition for the Homeless, reading, movies, dancing, playing guitar, cross stitch, word puzzles, hanging out with friends

What attracted me to this community: The sense of community, the joy they seemed to share, the way they loved and enjoyed each other—that really helped me to see God's presence.