Meet Our Staff

Ms. Rosie is originally from Illinois. She has always loved being outdoors and this love led her to pursue a career in outdoor education. She got her degree in Outdoor Recreation from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale and has worked in many places around the country.

 

After getting her degree in 1992 she worked as a youth-at-risk, wilderness instructor, a Wilderness Education Association instructor, a ski instructor for 3-6 year olds, a raft guide, an outdoor adventure program manager for Touch of Nature Environmental Center and Four Corners School of Outdoor Education, Southwest EdVentures. 

 

Rosie joined Moab Charter School in its earliest years where she discovered her love of teaching young children. That realization led her to become the K-2nd grade teacher at Paradox Valley School where she worked for thirteen years and became a certified  elementary education teacher. Rosie recently returned to Moab  Charter School and teaches Kindergarten. Being a teacher and working with children has been one of the greatest gifts in Rosie’s life. 

 

Rosie is a fiber arts enthusiast and, with her sister, owns and operates Desert Thread Yarn Shop & Fiber Arts Gallery in downtown Moab. Rosie enjoys working in her home studio where she works as a feltmaker.  She loves going home to her house in Old La Sal where she lives at the base of the mountains with her husband and dog. She tries to get outdoors as often as possible and spends as much time as she can floating down rivers with family and friends.