Director
With Thrive since 2024
I have taught nearly every grade level in both secondary and elementary but have spent the majority of my teaching years in Inclusive Education as a Learning Assistance teacher, Special Education Teacher and Counsellor at both elementary and secondary level. From teaching, I moved to an administrative position, then to District Principal of Support Services and then finally as Director of Instruction for Student Support Services for the Sunshine Coast School District. In 2019 I made a major leap from the Coast to the Island to semi-retire "a little" and build a new home on the West Coast. I went back to the classroom as an Inclusive Support Teacher and Counsellor while also working as a Sessional Instructor at the University of Victoria. In 2020 I returned to administration as District Principal of Safe and Healthy Schools for the Sooke School District, which has been a dream job! I have now just retired fully in order to concentrate on my private counselling business concentrating on helping people with their wellness.
My job gives me immense satisfaction as I love the varied work and fast pace of my days. No day is ever the same as the next. Outside of work, I love to hike, spend time in my garden, travel and cook!
Our Thrive team acknowledges that our agency stands and works on the unceded Lək̓ʷəŋən territory of the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations. We also acknowledge the five W̱SÁNEĆ communities: W̱JOȽEȽP (Tsartlip), BOḰEĆEN (Pauquachin), SȾÁUTW̱,(Tsawout) W̱SIKEM (Tseycum) and MÁLEXEȽ (Malahat), as well as the Sc'ianew (Beecher Bay), T’Sou-ke, and Pacheedaht Nations and the Spune’laxutth’ (Penelekut) tribe where our work extends. We are committed to acknowledging our relationship with these unceded lands and communities, at staff and Board meetings, and during our hosted events. We encourage the evolving learning and awareness of our staff, Board, and the Thrive community, discovering and striving for meaning and personal connection within each acknowledgement.
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