Outside of teaching, I enjoying spending time with my family. I have a wonderful husband and  we have three beautiful boys Scotty, Stephen and Jack and they keep me completely busy with their sports and school schedules.

Something my students always ask me... "Does Señor Stannard speak Spanish?"  No, he does not. He is an engineer and loves science and math. We met in San Diego and relocated to Sacramento together.   Another common question, "Do your kids know how to speak Spanish?"  They do now but when they were younger  I tried and tried to sing and read to them in Spanish but they always say "speak English!" They know some words but I not as much as I would have liked them to! Luckily they are getting better now!!!

My senior year of college, I decided to leave the country for  a summer abroad in Queretaro, Mexico.  All summer I lived with a mexican family, took 4 classes at a private university and traveled all over the country of Mexico every weekend. It was an amazing way to study and learn about the culture of Mexico.  

I graduated from the University of Nebraska with a BA in Middle Level Education and dual majors in Spanish and History in 1996.  My first year of teaching I taught at Mickle Middle School in Lincoln, NE. I then  moved back home to San Diego (seven years was enough in Nebraska) and taught at Farb Middle school for 6 years teaching Spanish, English, Social Studies and I was also the activities director. I earned my masters degree at National University in Curriculum and Instruction in 1998.  We moved to Sacramento in 2001 and I taught in three different high schools in Natomas for the past 13 years. I have taught all levels of Spanish from preschool to Spanish 1, 2, 3 and community college. We relocated to Granite Bay in 2011 and this is my fourth year in the Eureka Unified School District. I love my job!