experiences and education
• Co-authored “More than a Story”
* Key note speaker at Denmark National Family Conference
• Speaker at the LCMS National Youth Gathering
• 3 year keynote speaker at Riverside Lutheran Bible Camp – High School week
• Keynote speaker at multiple high school and middle school weekend retreats/conferences
• Keynote speaker at marriage conferences
*• Graduate of Concordia St. Paul University; Oswald Hoffman School of Christian Outreach
• Degree as a Director of Outreach and Mission with a focus on Theology and Theater
• Leadership role with students for more than two decades
• Founding board member of the Haiti Mission Project
* past board member of folwell neighborhood association
* fours years as outreach and communications director for Folwell neighborhood association
* content creator for three
* independent copy and content creator for multiple businesses
• Vice President of Mightier Press Publishing
• High School and National Event Ministry Director for Youth Encounter
* High school musical and one-act theater director
* North high polar parent pta vice president and treasurer
* co-owner and creator for gatherhaus
• decades as a natural and organic cook on a highly restrictive diet
• More than a decade of urban community gardening
• Decades of marriage and parenting
• More than 21 years of living in the urban setting of North Minneapolis