Ginger is a graduate of Carlinville HIgh School and values all the things small town and community have to offer one another. Ginger attended Southern Illinois University of Carbondale and graduated with a Bacholer of Science degree in Early Childhood Education. After graduation, Ginger sought out duel certification and recieved her second certification, this time in Elementary Education. As a disctrict employee for the Carlinville School District, Ginger has filled different positions. Right out of college she started as a Kindergarten aide and now serves as a PreK teacher marking eleven years in this position. Ginger finds great joy in watching little minds blossom with excitment of discovery and growth. Her position often allows her to work or watch the same students for two years, which she finds great joy in. In her free time she enjoys spending time with family and friends, traveling to go visit her daughter and drawing.