Lux Staff & Little Known Facts for Students!

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  1. 2. I grew up on a registered Hereford cattle ranch in the Sandhills
  2. 4. I have been to 11 different countries outside of the United States
  3. 6. I spent a summer working as a rope wrangler on a high ropes course
  4. 7. My brothers & I water skied with 5 people at one time when I was in 4th grade
  5. 8. I grew up in California
  6. 10. I grew up doing reenactments of the American fur trade with my Dad
  7. 11. I hit a building with my mom's mini van when taking my drivers test at age 16
  8. 13. I have been stung by a jellyfish
  9. 16. when I was 22, I was lucky enough to get to play my instrument 6,480 miles away from Lincoln (Beijing, China)
  10. 17. I was a rodeo queen as a teenager
  11. 18. basketball is my favorite sport
  12. 20. I have taught for 27 years
  13. 22. I was born in a country that does not exist anymore
  14. 23. I was born in Denver, CO then lived in Wisconsin before moving to Nebraska
  15. 26. I have 20 chickens!
  16. 27. I'm secretly good at golf
  17. 29. I hold the freshman mile record for the Nebraska Central Conference
  18. 30. I saved 5 people from drowning when I was a life guard!
  19. 31. I have 5 kids
  20. 33. I saved baby sea turtles in Mexico
  21. 35. my cat loves to play fetch
  22. 36. I like to paint in my free time
Down
  1. 1. I can stand on my head for at least a minute
  2. 3. when I was in Kindergarten, my dad ran over my foot with a lawnmower
  3. 5. My favorite candies are Baby Ruth & Tootsie rolls, but I rarely have them
  4. 9. I started my teaching career teaching English in Namibia, a country in South Africa
  5. 12. I played on the Nebraska Junior Olympic volleyball team when I was in Middle School.
  6. 14. I played softball for Nebraska
  7. 15. I have won multiple trophies showing pigs in 4-H
  8. 16. I played college tennis at Concordia University
  9. 19. I earned a Varsity letter for gymnastics at East High School my freshman year
  10. 21. My friend's husband went first overall in the 2018 NFL draft
  11. 24. I played college softball
  12. 25. My first major in college was mathematics
  13. 26. I met Arnold Schwarzenegger on accident when I was 10. His security guards made me leave
  14. 28. I played the piccolo in the Cornhusker Marching Band
  15. 32. I live in the Lux neighborhood and love to go for walks
  16. 33. I competed in a track meet in Australia while in high school
  17. 34. I played the clarinet, oboe, & piano in high school