In 1979 I started my teaching career in Selma, California. I taught 4th grade until 1985 when I moved to Sonoma County. During the 1986 school year, I was a Bellevue District substitute. I started working at Bellevue School in 1987. My first year I taught 6th grade. In 1988, I became a 5-6th combination teacher. For the next 12 years I taught 5th grade at Bellevue School. In 2003 I became Bellevue School's Title 1 teacher.