About me

• Mom to three children in Tosa schools.

• Director, Master of Sustainable Peacebuilding, at the College of Nursing, UW-Milwaukee.

• Founding member and leader of Tosa Together.

• Vice president of Friends of Hartung Park.

• PTA member at my children's schools: Madison, Whitman, and West.

• Co-writer on the $48K grant Wauwatosa School District was awarded for Restorative Justice initiatives.

• Whitman Middle School principal hiring committee (2022).

• Hobbies: gardening, piano, yoga, hiking, volunteering for the food pantry, and watching our kids play sports.

About my family

My husband Holger has been a research scientist at UW Milwaukee since 1998. He enjoys hiking, sailing, Lego modeling, and watching soccer.

My son, Thomas (17) is a junior at Tosa West, where he is involved with soccer, APPSE, NHS, and orchestra, playing both the violin and the piano.

My son Jonathan (14) is in 8th grade at Whitman. He enjoys STEM, BSU, club soccer, and band - percussion and violin.

My daughter Taveanna (9) is in 4th grade at Madison Elementary, where she is in both choir and orchestra.

As a family, we are involved in the community: Outpost members, Firefly Ridge Community Gardener, Tosa Pool members, and Hartung Park Farmers Market.