Your Extraordinary Saturday Teacher Bios

MITY’s educators are passionate, funny, creative, and inspiring. They encourage students to ask questions, challenge them to figure out answers, and spark a lifelong interest in learning.

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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Hawken Paul

Hawken earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Violin Performance from St. Olaf College where he performed in ...
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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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Heather McKinley

For Heather, teaching is a calling and a passion. She has over 2 decades of experience, including serving ...
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Jeff Boland

Jeff started at Dodge Nature Center in the summer of 2019 and moved into the role as Naturalist ...
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Jennifer Noreault

Jennifer is a STEM Specialist in Lakeville Public Schools.  She has a B.A. in Elementary Education from Trinity ...
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Kelly Schrandt

Kelly Schrandt

Kelly is currently a 7th and 8th grade S.T.E.A.M. teacher at Stewartville Middle School in southern Minnesota.  Over the last ...
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Laura Gandara-Chavez

Laura has been teaching in the South Washington County School district for 16 years, mainly as a dual ...
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Leah Yoemans

Leah holds a BS in Elementary Education and Science 5-8 from Minnesota State University, Mankato and a M.Ed. ...
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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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Olli Johnson

Olli is a multi-disciplinary artist and craftsperson working in the vibrant arts community of Minneapolis. She has performed ...
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Rhesa Freeman

Rhesa is currently the Assistant Product Manager for Groves Learning Organization where she brings literacy training to schools ...
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Russ Purdy

Russ holds a M.Ed. in Education from Hamline University. He has taught and developed science programming for the ...
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Snapology

Snapology offers enrichment classes and camps in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics (STEAM). Their ...
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Sue Cranston

Sue Cranston

Sue is a working artist and professional art instructor who specializes in mixed-media art with a strong focus ...
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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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