Tina graduated from Indiana Vocational School with an Associates Degree, and has worked with small children for 27 years beginning with her own daughter and son. After becoming a stay at home mom, she then watched children in her home, day cares, and preschools for many years. Tina was a kindergarten aide for 7 years and for the last 5 years has been an aide at Cascades Academy in the lower school.
She and her husband have been married for 31 years and through his job have lived in a variety of places from Ontario, Canada to Texas, their home state of Indiana, and eventually Bend. In her free time she loves to hang out with her two dachshunds Daisy and Coco, scrapbook, hike, and is learning to play golf. Tina greatly enjoys her job and looks forward to having a laugh, getting a hug, and seeing what she will learn each day.