This is my 13th year of teaching, and all 13 years I have taught first grade. I graduated December 2007 from Northwest Missouri State University with my Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education and minors in early childhood education and coaching. I graduated July 2009 from Northwest Missouri State University with a Masters in Educational Leadership. I was born and raised in Mound City, MO. My husband, Mr. Waigand, is the elementary principal at Rock Port. We have four children, Kipton, Beau, Nolan, and Henry.