ExplorSchool Teacher Bios

MITY’s ExplorSchool teachers are experienced educators who enjoy working with middle school students. They understand the importance of keeping young people’s natural curiosity alive and design interesting activities that require critical thinking and collaborative problem-solving. Most importantly, they spend time making sure that every student feels empowered to be their true selves and enjoy being a part of the MITY family.

"The enthusiasm and dedication from the students made teaching feel inspired. Students where eager participants, bringing their own interests and perspectives into the learning, creating a really positive culture." - 2024 instructor

Angela Larson

Angela Larson

Angela has been teaching for 13 years in a variety of roles.  She has taught Life Science, Earth ...
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Angie Bibro

Angie has been teaching for twenty five years.  She has taught all grades 1-8 at one time or ...
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Beth Wakefield

Beth Wakefield holds a B.S. and M. Ed. in Education from the University of Minnesota. She has been ...
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Bill Nara

Bill has been a licensed 7-12 Social Studies Teacher since 2000 and also teaches Chess, Tabletop Strategy Gaming, ...
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CSGA Enrichment

CSGA Enrichment provides before & after school enrichment activities for all ages. We also provide workshops and activities ...
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David Nara

David graduated from St. Cloud State with a BA in Film Studies in 2022, and has been teaching ...
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Hawken Paul

Hawken is a Minneapolis-based actor, musician and teaching artist. In addition to his work with MITY, Hawken teaches ...
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Heather Mastel

Heather Mastel

Heather has a BA in theatre and a Master of Arts in Teaching from Hamline University. She currently ...
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Jeff Bullard

Jeff was inspired to become a teacher when he saw the first picture of Earth in space taken ...
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Jesse Maloney

Jesse has been a middle school science teacher for the past 17 years.  He believes that learning is ...
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Jessica Jones

Leadership and advocacy have been central to my teaching career since I embarked on my journey as an ...
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John McCaffrey

John teaches interactive design and animation at Hennepin Technical College.  He has been working in art, design, and ...
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Juliana Brandt

Juliana is an author and elementary teacher with a passion for storytelling that guides her in both of ...
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Kaitlyn Minarsich

Kaitlyn Minarsich

Katie is a high school social studies and AVID teacher at Eden Prairie High School. She earned a ...
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Kari Schultz

Kari Schultz

Kari has been teaching high school and middle school math for 23 years. She is currently teaching 7th ...
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Luc Janssen

Luc Janssen

Luc studied mathematics and German at Grinnell College and is currently working on his Masters in Teaching at ...
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Molly Hammel

Molly Hammel

Molly holds a BA in Elementary and Middle School Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and ...
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Sam Graf

In his work as a Middle School Math Teacher and Math Team Coach, Sam delights in mathematical discovery ...
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Serene Deuth

For the past 26 years, Serene has taught all grade levels and types of science including Biology, Genetics, ...
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Tech Academy

Formerly Computer Explorers, Tech Academy has been enriching Minnesota’s children with research-based Technology and Science classes and camps ...
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Tim Larson

Tim Larson

Tim holds a BA in Elementary Education with a Minor in Chemistry from the University of WI-Eau Claire.  ...
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Urban Boatbuilders

Founded in 1995, Urban Boatbuilders’s mission is to empower youth to succeed in work and life through woodworking ...
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Yosefa Carriger

Yosefa loves working and learning with children, and has been doing just that for most of her adult ...
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