I am a 5th and 6th grade Science teacher at Hull Prairie Intermediate School in Perrysburg where I also run the Environmental Club and Roots & Shoots service learning club. I have been in education for nearly 30 years, and have taught at the elementary, middle and collegiate level. My husband, Greg, and I live in Perrysburg and have three college-aged children who recently graduated from Perrysburg Schools.
Q: What do you love most about what you do?
Sharing Science with my students, helping them to make sense of the world around them and empowering them to make a difference in our community. I also think it is important to help students discover their strengths and then develop those strengths into regular habits of mind. Knowing that I have helped students move forward with skills they will use for the rest of their lives is gratifying and truly fulfilling.
Q: Who is the most interesting person you’ve met here in our community?
Robin Laird! She is a fierce advocate for Perrysburg Schools and all of its students.
Q: If you could travel anywhere in the world right now, where would it be and why?
Visit Switzerland during the winter – it is charming and simply amazingly beautiful, blanketed in the snow!
Q: What advice would you give to people?
Take risks and chances! You never know what you can accomplish unless you get out there and try!
Q: What is something on your bucket list?
To see the Redwoods and Giant sequoias in Sequoia National Park in California.
Q: If you could choose anyone that is alive today and not a relative; with whom would you love to have lunch? Why? And where locally would y’all meet for this lunch?
I would have lunch at Zingos in downtown Perrysburg with Rachel Carson, she is the founder of the environmental movement. I am truly inspired by her work in the 1970’s to blow the whistle on environmental pollutants and polluters.
Q: What is your favorite thing or something unique about our community?
Hands down the market days on Thursdays in Perrysburg! What a terrific way to bring the community, businesses and vendors together to share in our quaint town.
Q: What would you rate a 10 out of 10?
The Toledo Metropark system! What an absolute gem in our community. Most weeks I hike, bike ride or kayak in one of the metroparks.
Q: Who inspires you to be better?
My mother, June Latshaw; she is a loving, giving, and caring woman who is always doing for others. She has shown me that being involved and helping others can be very rewarding.
Q: Finally, what 3 words or phrases come to mind when you think of the word HOME?
Loving, accepting, welcoming
