Do You Know Our SIP Team?

2. Met her spouse at a summer professional development (3 CPDs, a stipend, and a spouse made for a great workshop!)
3. Can play the flute, saxophone, guitar, and piano
5. Can't drive a stick shift (when she tried, she crashed into a neighbor's BMW)
7. Has spent a sleepover in two embassies
10. Has lived in 5 states over the last 30 years
11. Did not go to school to be a teacher
12. Is a geography nerd and has been to 48 states
14. Was supposed to be born on April Fool's Day but decided she would pop out in late February instead
16. Spelled her name with an "s" instead of a "z" until she was 13 years old

1. Loves taking care of nature and animals (and loves animals more than people)
2. Loves to swim
4. Has worked in and traveled to approximately 15 countries in Africa
6. Resigned from teaching to work in the wine industry (and then came back to teaching)
8. Had living grandparents until she was 50 years old
9. Her middle name is Gabriela so at home she goes by Gaby
11. Is an Irish twin
13. Will never play pickleball again
15. Paddled a canoe with 5 other women and 6 men around the Napali Coast that totaled 40 miles