Paige has been teaching preschool in the Richmond area since 2015. Her career and life have been forever influenced since working in spaces with a child-centered and relationship-based approach to teaching. She believes strongly in the importance and power of community and works diligently to establish and maintain relationships in and out of the classroom. She loves learning alongside children and is grateful for the opportunity to watch their learning spark and grow. Paige earned a BA in Art from the University of Alaska - Anchorage and an MEd in Special Education from George Mason University. She began teaching in 2006 and has taught at the preschool, elementary and middle school levels. She is originally from Minnesota and has lived in Richmond with her husband since 2014 where they reside with their two children. In her free time you can catch her spending time outside with her family, reading, and exercising creativity in many forms