Susan received her BA in Psychology from Bucknell University in 1987. She received a second BA in Education in 2001 from the University of New Mexico. Susan began teaching in 1999 at St. Joseph Mission School in San Fidel and has been teaching at St. Therese in 2006 and has been the music teacher, the 3rd grade teacher, and the 2nd grade teacher. She has also been the Director of the summer science program, Camp Invention, since 2010. She and her husband Lawrence have five children and five grandchildren. Her desire is to instill a lifelong love of learning in each and every one of her students.