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While I am a born and raised Californinan, Oregon has been my home since 2001. My daughter was born here in 2003 and I cannot imagine living anywhere else! I have worked with children and families my entire adult life in a variety of roles including babysitter, camp counselor, camp director, preschool teacher, support staff for students, case manager/therapist, and parent coach. After an 8 year stint as a stay at home mom, I decided to go back to school to pursue a Master of Arts in Teaching. In 2016, when I learned 2 days before the school year officially started that I landed a job teaching 6th grade at MLC I felt as though I had won the lottery! It was the perfect fit for me with my love of play and experiential learning. Teaching is relationship based work and I am grateful for my past experiences as a social worker which have laid the foundation for my work with students at MLC. 

When I’m not teaching I can be found reading, dancing, hiking, watching movies with my daughter, cooking, baking, spending time with my family, or singing and playing guitar.

Minna Mauney is a book worm with a passion for hair dye, Ms. Frizzle, and collecting vintage blazers. In her off time you can find her painting her nails, playing with her two dogs Swift and Paisley or basking in the sun with her fiance. She has been teaching for most of her life, having started with a small classroom consisting of her herd of stuffed animals and three year old brother when she was only six. Minna got her Masters in Teaching from UP in 2016 and with a fierce passion for alternative education has used constructivist, experiential, and democratic practices in the classroom to build vigorous, joyful learning opportunities for her students. She firmly believes that relationship and experience based learning are the way of the future, and is determined to remind the world that teaching is life long, intrinsically rewarding, and most importantly, fun.

One word to describe Minna: Expressive

I have been a teacher since 1999. I enjoy spending time with my husband and three sons during my free time. Nature brings me peace. Experiential learning and engaging outside of one's comfort zone inspires my approach to teaching.

One word to describe Anna: Loyal