Terrie Ulm has been teaching for 16 years. She has taught kindergarden for 13 years and K-7th grade art for three years prior to that. 10 of her years teaching have been with Catholic schools. This is her first year at St. Therese and she is excited to be joining the school community. Terri has a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from the United States Air Force Academy. She served in the United States Air Force for five years after graduating from the Academy and was honorably discharged fromt he military with the rank of Captain. She and her husband Chuck settled in Santa Fe and together they owned and ran an art gallery in downtown Santa Fe for over 10 years. It was here that they started their family and when Terrie began her teaching career. After homeschooling her children through their preschool years, she finally heard God's calling and realized what she wanted to do when she grew up. She returned to school and acquired her teaching credentials and is now licensed in the state of New Mexico with a Level Two Professional K-8 Elementary License. Terrie says "If I had been paying better attention to God gently nudging me towards a teaching career, I would have realized His plan for me back in college at the Academy when I thought a small arms class as an upperclassman to the incoming freshman. Though the subject of teaching small arms certainly does not appeal to me now, I recall the joy I felt from the art of teaching. I did not, however, heed God's calling and persued other adventures. My life took a different turn, however, wen I taught my own children to read. The joy that my children felt when the letters began to tell them their own story was infectious. I was hooked! I have been blessed ever since to be working with small children at the beginning of their education. I love setting the building blocks that create the foundation for their love of learning that all little ones should have at the beginning of their school career. I can't imagine working with these little angels in any other setting than the one that is Christ-centered and filled with His love."