ABOUT ME:
I’m entering my third year of my second appointment to TAP. I first served from 2017 – 2019 and was selected again in 2023 to another three-year term. I have served on a variety of committees, with my most recent assignment serving on the Taxpayer Communications Committee, as 2024 TAP National Vice Chair, and now as 2025 National Chair.
BACKGROUND/SKILLS:
I have been the workforce since the age of 12, starting off in agriculture by detasseling corn and now administering federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act (WIOA) grants for training and education. In between these two jobs, I have worked as a fitness trainer, lifeguard instructor, payroll and accounts payable/receivable manager, elementary physical education and art teacher, and supplemented these with part-time retail work as well. I am definitely used to paying taxes!
WHY I JOINED TAP:
I first found TAP on USAJobs and thought that this type of volunteer position would be interesting. I have always been an active volunteer within my community and found this position to be a way to broaden my volunteer horizons. My passion for TAP is one that is specific to the average taxpayer: making taxes easy to understand for all.
FACT/HOBBY/INTERESTS:
I enjoy traveling to visit my children. My daughter is an event designer with a sweet fur baby (senior pug) in Los Angeles, and my son is married with two children, living in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with a gaggle of pets (dogs, cat, chickens…) and his own behavioral health practice. When I’m not traveling to see my children, I love to head to the beach or to the mountains to ski. When the weather is decent in Illinois, I love to garden. No matter the weather, I tend to my golden retriever and (indoor) cat year-round.
Fun fact: I love to skydive.