Faculty & Staff

M.Ed. Curriculum and Instruction | University of Vermont
B.A. American Civilization | Middlebury College

Places I have lived: Cornwall,VT | Old Forge, NY | Deerfield,
MA |Estes Park, CO | Boulder, CO | West Hills, CA | Portland,
OR | Albuquerque, NM | Kauai, HI

Professional Highlight: The Galloway Family Excellence in Teaching Award

Interests: Playing with my two children | Reading | Fly-fishing | Skiing | Rafting | Canoeing | Soccer| Lacrosse | Basketball | Camping

B.A. in Political Science /Religious Studies|University of Tennessee

Places I have lived: Knoxville, TN | Chattanooga, TN| Breckenridge, CO

Professional Highlight: Being a Professional Skateboarder and Snowskater and receiving the "Business of the Year" award for running the Breckenridge Skate Camp

Interests: Yoga Hatha Instructor | Instructor |Skateboard insBirds | Reggae Music | Community Service | Art!

B.S. Business Administration & Finance | University of Florida
Early Childhood Level 1 Credential | Red Rocks Community College

Places I have lived: Gainesville, FL | Solana Beach, CA | Naples, FL | London, England | Riverside, CA | Breckenridge, CO

Professional Highlight: Manager of the Year, Vail Resorts 2008

Interests: Skiing | Mountain biking | Paddle boarding | Photography | Reading

B.A. in Political Science | Colorado State University
M.A. in Education | Western Colorado University 
Teacher Licensure in Secondary Social Studies | Western Colorado University

Places I have lived: Lakewood, CO | Fort Collins, CO | Salzburg, Austria | Salida, CO | Silverthorne, CO

Professional Highlight: Leading climbing, backpacking and rafting trips at a non-profit focused on empowering young women in the outdoors.

Interests: Rafting | Skiing | Camping | Mountain Biking | Yoga | Reading | Running | Cooking |Music

B.A. in Psychology| Lee University

Alternative Teaching License in Mathematics Education (7 - 12) | Mountain BOCES

Professional Highlight: My professional highlight has been every time I receive an encouraging thank-you note from a student or former student!  I keep them all and read them when I need a pick-me-up!

Places I have Lived: Brooks, GA | Griffin, GA | Cleveland, TN | Heeney, CO | Frisco, CO

Interests: Hiking | Reading |music (listening, playing piano, and singing) | Traveling | Freaking out when I see adorable dogs

B.A History with a Minor in Languages | University of Michigan

Places I have lived: Puerto Rico | Michigan| Florence, Italy | Tokyo, Japan| Hawaii | Summit, CO

Professional Highlight: Presented Swim Coaching Lectures for the American Swim Coaches Association in Guayaquil, Ecuador and Lima, Peru.

Interests: Chi Kung/Tai Chi | Breathing Exercises for Health |Learning languages | Anything Swimming related |Great food | World Travel

B.A. in English | Colgate University
M.A. in English | University of Vermont

Places I have lived: New England | Washington, D.C., | Denver, CO | Summit County, CO

Professional Highlight: I started my teaching career at the Berkshire School, a Mass. boarding school. I also have taught at Vail Mountain School and Mullen High School in Denver. But what I am most proud of is being a founding trustee here at the Peak School. 

Interests: Skiing | Mountain biking | Playing guitar | Writing (I published a novel entitled Waiting for Today).

B.S. Wildlife Biology | Colorado State University

Places I have Lived: Centennial, CO | Fort Collins, CO | Rangely, CO | Dillon, CO

Professional Highlight:  Co-author on several PubMed publications for work with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation through CSU to cure Tuberculosis globally, and several publications for work with Colorado Parks and Wildlife on Mountain Lion Territories along the Front Range.

Interests: Being a mom to two young boys | Skiing | Hiking | Camping | Reading | Pretending to know how to do yoga

Association Montessori Internationale Certificate

Working towards Sustainability degree at Colorado Mountain College

Places I have lived: St. Louis, MO | Old Greenwich, CT | Tipp City, OH | Alma, CO | Breckenridge, CO

Professional Highlight: Founder of Bristlecone Montessori School

Interests: Yoga | Camping | Mountain Biking | Snowboarding | Skinning up the mountain to watch the sunrise | Hiking with my rescue pups | Live music | Hanging out with kids | Vegan Baking |

BS Physics and Mathematics |Pennsylvania State University

Places I have lived: Orlando , FL | San Antonio, TX | Allentown, PA | Idyllwild, CA | Santa Cruz, CA |Reno, NV |Frisco, CO

Professional Highlight: Photographing the total solar eclipse in 2017, NSF funded computation modeling curriculum, developing innovation labs/maker spaces, using pulleys to beat dozens of children in tug of war.

Interests: Cooking | Photography| Tabletop gaming | Winter sports | Outdoor adventures | Science fiction

M.A. Hispanic Linguistics | Indiana University — Bloomington
B.A. Spanish & Philosophy | Grove City College

Places I have lived: Cleveland, OH | Pittsburgh, PA | Bloomington, IN | Málaga, Spain | Stuttgart, Germany | Summit County, CO

Professional Highlight: Presented at two international conferences (Linguistics Association of the South West & Pragmatics and Language Learning)

Interests: BRAINS AND HOW THEY WORK! | Backpacking | Reading | Star Trek | Being on the Mountain | Hiking | Learning new things and languages

MA in English | Florida State University
MFA in Nonfiction | Bennington Writing Seminars

Places I have lived: New York | Florida | Oregon | Vermont | Massachusetts | Colorado

Professional Highlight: I've taught snowboarding, skateboarding, fly fishing, writing, English as a Second Language and literature over the course of my educational career.

Interests: Traveling around North and South America | Speaking Spanish | Fly fishing | Embracing other cultures | Reading | Writing | Knowing nothing about Disney

M.A. Curriculum & Instruction | University of Denver
Graduate Residency in Environmental Education | Teton Science Schools
B.A. Spanish & Environmental Studies | Colgate University

Places I have lived: Denver, CO | Hamilton, NY | Jackson, WY | Seville, Spain | Frisco, CO

Professional Highlight: I am also an Adjunct Professor of Sustainability at Colorado Mountain College.

Interests: Skiing | Adventuring | Cooking | Reading | Crocheting | Watching birds

B.S. Biology | Elon University

Places I have lived: Trinity, NC | Westford, MA |  Estes Park, CO | Clark, CO | Thousand Oaks, CA | Seattle, WA | Kodiak Island, AK | Dillon, CO

Professional Highlight: Being named mentor of the year through the SOS volunteer program in Summit County.

Interests:  Skiing |Walks with my dog |Biking | Rock climbing |Being outside |Traveling

M.Ed. Teacher Leadership | Western Colorado University
B.A. Environmental Studies | University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.A. Gender and Women's Studies | University of Wisconsin-Madison

Places I have lived: Green Bay, WI | Madison, WI | Running Springs, CA | Brevard, NC | Breckenridge, CO

Professional Highlight: Being published for my research on media and its effects on adolescent health

Interests: Running | Reading | Yoga | Live Music | Skiing | Traveling | Popcorn | Playing Outside

MA Quantitative Psychology | Middle Tennessee State University
PhD Psychometrics | Middle Tennessee State University
Masters of Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages | Yunnan University
BS Pharmaceutical Science | Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine

Places I Have Lived:  Harbin, China | Kunming, China | Murfreesboro, TN | London, UK | Breckenridge, CO.

Professional Highlight:  Friends call me a degree collector.

Interests: Cooking | Learning new things | DC Comics & Movies

You can reach Lindsay via her website or via email at academicascents@gmail.com .