"Mrs. J" is a caffeine-based life form who has an obsession with tree sloths and pugs. It has been said that her laugh can be heard across campus, and you can often hear her singing reverberating in the halls. She graduated from the University of California, San Diego, where she competed on the inner-tube water polo team. However, she considers herself a bit of a rebel, as she has never waited the full 15 minutes after eating before getting in the pool.
She is deathly afraid of cheese sticks and driving behind small trucks filled with household goods, and has recently grown to distrust bicycles, but her scars are healing nicely. She does not like to eat potato chips that are folded over onto themselves because at that point, they are more like worthless taco shells. But tacos, on the other hand, are amazing. She is a member of the pro-Oxford comma faction, preferring to avoid ambiguity. She has never eaten a Big Mac (and doesn't intend to). Though she works on the skill daily, Kelly has not yet been able to master the art of negotiating with her 6 year old, shares a passion for Disneyland with her 9 year old, and bonds with her husband at Chipotle. Though she loathes running, she recently completed another half marathon on a dare.
Kelly has a Master's degree in education, an administrative credential, and considers it a privilege to have been able to spend the last 13 years sharing in the crazy that is middle school. She marvels in possibility and defies the tyranny of precedent, always trying to remember to be awesome and do awesome work.