Growing up in Virginia, Stacy has always enjoyed the outdoors. From a young age living in the woods,
she and her brother would go adventuring, picking berries, making grass “sing,” and admiring all that
nature had to offer.
Stacy always knew she wanted to be an educator. From early on, she would “teach” her stuffed animals
all the “important things” in life, like putting all 50 states in alphabetical order. After graduating from a
liberal arts school in Virginia with a degree in English and Education, Stacy set out to be the best
educator she could be. In doing so, she made a lot of mistakes and continues to learn and grow as an
educator each and every day. She believes that if you aren’t making mistakes or being put in
uncomfortable settings sometimes, you aren’t growing. After moving to the PNW a year and a half ago,
she took that motto to heart and decided to embrace a new to her way of teaching- forest school- and
fell in love. She is continuing to learn how to be a “partner in pondering” side by side with her students
and can’t wait to continue learning and growing right alongside them in her favorite place- outside.
Stacy loves hiking, adventuring, and seeing all that this beautiful state has to offer with her husband,
Chris, and 2 kids, Layla and Rece. If she isn’t outdoors, you can find her snuggling up with a good book
(probably of the middle grade variety), baking something sweet, or writing her next children’s book.