Julie knew early she wanted to be a teacher.

Julie knew immediately that she wanted to teach, informed by a high school interest inventory at sixteen years old which revealed a strong match of her interests and strengths to teaching. She fulfilled that vision, and never looked back! It's what she wanted to do, and over the past forty years, that decision has served her and her communities well.

I did my four years of college and got right out and went up against ninety-nine candidates for my first job at Newport Town School.  There was one job open. It was the perfect job for me! I just really could see myself in this building and working there. I got the job! I guess I sold myself to that first principal and board, and I was placed in fourth grade and spent a lot of years there.

Clearly, Julie was not only competent, but had the personality to communicate her vision, enthusiasm, and influence to others.