Family: My husband, Dana, and I have 4 children: Nick, 30; Rachel, 24; Jennifer, 28; and Allie, 24. Nick is in a PhD program at U.K. and Rachel is majoring in geology at U.K. This year we became grandparents twice! Jenn had Sadie in January, and Allie had River in July. Both of our granddaughters are perfect in every way, of course.
Birthplace:
Lexington, Kentucky
Education: B.A. in Education/Special Education; MSLS from the University of Kentucky. Achieved National Board Certification in 2009.
Experience: I taught moderately and severely mentally/multiply
handicapped students for 6 years in Garrard and Jessamine Counties before becoming a
librarian in Woodford County. I have been at Northside Elementary
since it opened in 1992. This is my 24th year of teaching.
Hobbies: I love to read (especially mysteries), work in my flower garden, take photographs, sing, and travel. I'm a member of the Lexington Singers, a chorus of approximately 150 singers. Our most recent international trip was to Brazil in the summer of 2007, where I got to go hang gliding (see photo below)! The summer of 2003 we spent 10 days in Italy, where we performed in Rome, Venice, and Florence. We have also sung at Carnegie Hall in New York (1999); at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris; and in Austria (2000). In February, 2009 we sang at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. I LOVE to travel. My daughter and I went to Egypt over Christmas break (2007), where we rode camels at the Pyramids of Giza. How awesome is that? My son, daughter and I recently went to Greece (2010).
Jenn with Sadie, age
14 months
Mrs. Horowitz, Rachel and Nick in Greece
Allie with
River, age 8 months
2007 trips: Mrs. Horowitz hang gliding in Brazil and riding camels in Egypt