ED Tech- Melissa

About Myself

The Roots

I was born in Nome and raised in Unalakleet (UNK), Alaska.  I attended the University of Minnesota, Duluth then transferred to the University of Alaska, Southeast- Juneau Campus.  Graduated with a BEd. in Elementry Education, taught in Galena, then moved to UNK for approximately 15 years, and am rerooting myself in Soldotna.  I am currently resuming my Certification in Educational Technology while substituting with the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District.
My Mother is from St. Mary's, a town on the Andrefski River, a tributary of the Yukon River; my Father was a local from UNK, a town in the Norton Sound Region.  I have 2 sisters, 1 brother, and 1 deceased brother.  Therefore, this makes us siblings, Yupik and Inupiaq Eskimo.  My daughter is 1/4 Tlingit, 1/4 Athabaskan, 1/4 Yupik, and 1/4 Inupiaq; whereas, my son is 1/2 Yupik and 1/2 Inupiaq.