Stephany is a wife, mother, and grandmother who enjoys rural life in Northwest Wyoming. She began teaching for GCU in 2019. Professionally, Stephany is a dedicated educator committed to literacy and her students. She began her teaching career in 1999, following ten years of work with at-risk youth in the United States and abroad. Over nearly three decades in education, she has taught Language Arts and Social Studies; coached drama, speech, and debate; and mentored students in Model UN, History Day, and Junior Historian Projects. She served as her district’s secondary literacy specialist and instructional coach in her final years in public education. She has contributed to state-level standards reviews and district-wide literacy initiatives and mentors the next generation of educators through the Wyoming Mentor Corp. Today, Stephany enjoys networking across districts to learn and share both strategies and knowledge to support student achievement. A National Board Certified Teacher, she has earned several accolades, including the Arch Coal Teaching Award (2012), a Fulbright TGC Fellowship (2014), and Wyoming History Teacher of the Year (2021). Besides serving as an adjunct instructor for Grand Canyon University, she is a temporary lecturer for the University of Wyoming. She holds an Ed. D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a 7-12 Literacy Certification from the University of Wyoming.