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.

“I particularly appreciate the way the MITY teachers go out of their way to make the classes engaging and inspire curiosity. My kid came home full of wonder about what they were learning.- 2026 parent

"The teachers bring a ton of energy. When my child and another left class, they were both bouncing with excitement and so engaged.” - 2026 parent

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Andrea McCarty

Andrea has loved being a teacher at Cedar Ridge Elementary in Eden Prairie for 29 years. She spent ...
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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 Fraatz

David has been a 3M Visiting Wizard for over 20 years, giving science demonstrations to schools in the ...
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Angela Boyer

Dr. Angela Boyer

Angela has been a teacher and instructional coach for two decades and finds joy in continuous learning. Before ...
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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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Heather McKinley

For Heather, teaching is a calling and a passion. She has over 2 decades of experience, including serving ...
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Jacqueline (Jackie) Di Giacomo

Jackie is an Advanced Learning Instructor who teaches Independent Investigations (research) and Project Think (engineering design) to elementary ...
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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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Joan Wright

Joan has been teaching for 30 years and has worked with students in Kindergarten through 6th grade.  She ...
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Katherine Fraatz

Kathy has over 25 years of experience working in schools as a PreK - 12 teacher, administrator, trainer, ...
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Kathryn Marget

Kathryn has worked in gifted education her entire career and currently serves as the K-12 Advanced Academics Coordinator ...
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Leah Yoemans

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

Lori has devoted her 33-year career to gifted and talented education. She is currently teaching a class of ...
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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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Maddie Holmgaard

Madelyn (Maddie) Holmgaard

Maddie is currently a 4th grade teacher in the Lakeville Area School District. She previously taught 3rd grade ...
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Meg Juedes

Meagan (Meg) Juedes

Meg received her BA in Visual Art and Creative Writing from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. She taught ...
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Melissa Tapper

Melissa has been in education for 22 years, working as a 1st and 3rd grade teacher, a middle ...
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Nick Olson

Nick has a B.S. degree in Computer Science and although his day job is software development, he has ...
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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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Sarah Geppert

Sarah Geppert

Sarah loves to learn and is incurably curious. She currently teaches Spanish, technology, and mathematics at Frassati Catholic ...
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Sean Andrews

Sean is a Director of Technology and Academic Technologist with a master's degree in Learning and Emerging Technologies.  ...
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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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