I grew up on a dairy and crop farm one mile north of Miesville, MN in far SE Dakota County. We had a Hastings mailing address, were in the Hastings school district, and had a Hastings telephone number (remember those days?). I attended Catholic grade school grades K-8, & Hastings High School. I hold a BA in church music from St. John’s University, Collegeville.
Before starting at Central in August of 2015, I was employed full time by two different Catholic churches in MN, the first in Mankato and the second in Bloomington. Working at Central, I love the diversity of the community and the fact that I rarely have to spend all of a day doing just one thing. The multifaceted part of the position suits my personality well. My upbringing, education and work experience previous to coming to Central have very acclimated me to “church culture.”
My job at Central is part time. I am currently on the lighting staff at the Children’s Theatre of Minneapolis as a part-time regular and also do a fair amount of other over hire and freelance theater work in the area.
I am the oldest of four boys, two of my younger brothers are currently running the farm that was first run by our great-grandfather in 1904. I have always been interested in family history and genealogy. During Covid, I got to work actively researching “gaps” in my personal family tree. Currently I have about 45,000 “relatives” cataloged in my Ancestry.com family tree. As part of my genealogy research, I discovered that I was eligible to hold Luxembourgish citizenship through my mother’s side of the family tree. I became a citizen of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in September of 2022.
I currently live with my boyfriend, Matthew, and our two cats, Warren and Clyde.