Emily Baker grew up in Midland a couple of hours north of Ann Arbor in the Great Lakes Bay region. She is the oldest of three children, born to a stay-at-home mother and a father […]
Quanisha Shawanibin grew up on the Eastside of Detroit. “I was born to a teenage mother and oftentimes, it feels as if we grew up together,” she says. “I am the oldest of five girls […]
Pam Friday grew up on the west side of Michigan near Kalamazoo. She graduated from Mattawan High School and then attended and received her teaching degree from The University of Michigan. Both of her parents […]
Rebecca Landin-Smith grew up in Detroit, the oldest of three girls. Her mother worked as a teacher and principal while her father worked in business. A graduate of Eastern Michigan University, she completed her graduate […]
Logan Elementary math coach Natalie DePasquale was born in Chicago Heights, Illinois in 1969, the middle of three children, including an older sister, Julie, and younger brother, Jason, a teacher at A2Open. She has two […]
Joslyn Hunscher-Young grew up in Ann Arbor, attending Wines, Forsythe, Pioneer, and Community before going on to Swarthmore College and the University of Michigan. After a year-long fellowship at Research for Action in Philadelphia and […]
By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Caitlin Garvin Opfermann is no stranger to the Ann Arbor Public School family, having attended Thurston Elementary and Clague Middle School before graduating from Huron High in 2007. She is […]
By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Sarah Suchanek grew up in Ann Arbor and attended Dicken, Forsythe, and Pioneer (with a two-year break in high school when her family lived in Florida). She’s a third-generation […]
Rubye Ogburn grew up in Clarksville, Tennessee. After high school, she went on to Austin Peay State University, where she ran track. After studying there for a while, she decided to change course and enrolled […]
By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Allen Elementary music teacher John Campbell grew up in Novi. After graduating from Northville High School, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Michigan State University College […]
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