Hi! I’m Kathy.

 Once upon a time (about a half century ago) in Springfield, Ohio, I was born into the world to parents who really wanted a little girl after having three boys.  After that there was another sister and another brother - 6 kids!  When I was growing up, my family had almost enough people to make a whole baseball team!  We all loved baseball and we all loved being one big happy family!

When I was 18, my family moved from Ohio to Kansas.  I went to Kansas State University and got my undergraduate degree in Physical Education there.  I spent many years being a homemaker and a P.E. teacher, but recently I stopped teaching P.E. and am teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) now.  I am also a graduate student at Gonzaga University where I study Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).  I enjoy studying and learning very much!  I hope you do too!

My husband Ron is also a teacher at MFWI.  He has taught here for almost 19 years!  We live on the MFWI campus where we have raised our three very enjoyable kids all these years.  Matt, age 21, is a junior at Montana State University. Andrew, age 19, is a senior in high school.  Jessica is 17 and also a senior in high school.

I first started teaching English 25 years ago in Tokyo, Japan (where I first met Ron)!  We lived in Japan two more times and had wonderful experiences and adventures there, especially when our three children went to the local Japanese schools!  Our family likes to travel together, take hikes, talk, laugh, and have fun together.

I love adventure!  I think that is why I like sports and teaching so much.  Both are always an adventure and I look forward to the adventure of teaching you and learning with you this semester.  Welcome to MFWI!  I am glad you’re here and I hope you enjoy your experience!