Greetings!
My name is Ms. Albers and this is my seventh year with the Math and Science Academy. I am very excited to be your teacher for Anatomy & Physiology over the course of the year.
I am originally from Goodhue, Minnesota, a small town located an hour south of the Twin Cities. I have loved wildlife all my life, and pursued biology and environmental studies during my undergraduate studies at the University of St. Thomas. During college, I was lucky enough to be able to do a study abroad in Kenya focusing on wildlife management and ecology. While there, I learned Swahili, visited numerous national parks, and saw the African Big Five (elephant, leopard, lion, rhino, and buffalo). One week after returning from Kenya, I headed off on another adventure to Costa Rica for a month-long study abroad field ecology course. I visited several biomes and conducted research studies at each site, including photosynthesis rates in a cloud rainforest and population distribution in a species of river fish. During my senior year of college, I returned to Africa to the country of Namibia, where I did an internship with the Cheetah Conservation Fund.
After graduating college, I did a research internship with the Alaska SeaLife Center, where I conducted research on the maternal investment of Stellar sea lions, as well as the impact of tourism on harbor seals. Shortly after returning from Alaska, I did another internship in Florida with Mote Marine Laboratory where I was in charge of maintaining there captive shark collection and pit tagging eagle rays in Sarasota Bay. When I arrived back in Minnesota I became employed as a wildlife technician with Prairie Island Indian Community in Welch, Minnesota. I performed nightly frog-calling surveys, pheasant counts, wetland hydrology monitoring, and even had the chance to assess bald eagle chicks for toxins.
In the summer of 2010, I was accepted into the Minnesota State University-Mankato Biology Graduate Department as a graduate student. I was there for two years, and conducted my graduate research on amphibian diversity in peatlands of the upper Midwest, receiving a Master of Science in Biology. While there, I was also privileged to be a teaching assistant for biology labs. It was here that I realized my passion was with teaching. After my second year, I was admitted into the teaching licensure program at St. Mary's University in Winona, Minnesota. I also received my Master of Arts in Instruction from St. Mary's.
In my free time I enjoy reading, going to movies, playing with my dogs, and spending as much time outside as possible.
I look forward to learning everyone's own interests and helping you succeed in Anatomy & Physiology.
I am originally from Goodhue, Minnesota, a small town located an hour south of the Twin Cities. I have loved wildlife all my life, and pursued biology and environmental studies during my undergraduate studies at the University of St. Thomas. During college, I was lucky enough to be able to do a study abroad in Kenya focusing on wildlife management and ecology. While there, I learned Swahili, visited numerous national parks, and saw the African Big Five (elephant, leopard, lion, rhino, and buffalo). One week after returning from Kenya, I headed off on another adventure to Costa Rica for a month-long study abroad field ecology course. I visited several biomes and conducted research studies at each site, including photosynthesis rates in a cloud rainforest and population distribution in a species of river fish. During my senior year of college, I returned to Africa to the country of Namibia, where I did an internship with the Cheetah Conservation Fund.
After graduating college, I did a research internship with the Alaska SeaLife Center, where I conducted research on the maternal investment of Stellar sea lions, as well as the impact of tourism on harbor seals. Shortly after returning from Alaska, I did another internship in Florida with Mote Marine Laboratory where I was in charge of maintaining there captive shark collection and pit tagging eagle rays in Sarasota Bay. When I arrived back in Minnesota I became employed as a wildlife technician with Prairie Island Indian Community in Welch, Minnesota. I performed nightly frog-calling surveys, pheasant counts, wetland hydrology monitoring, and even had the chance to assess bald eagle chicks for toxins.
In the summer of 2010, I was accepted into the Minnesota State University-Mankato Biology Graduate Department as a graduate student. I was there for two years, and conducted my graduate research on amphibian diversity in peatlands of the upper Midwest, receiving a Master of Science in Biology. While there, I was also privileged to be a teaching assistant for biology labs. It was here that I realized my passion was with teaching. After my second year, I was admitted into the teaching licensure program at St. Mary's University in Winona, Minnesota. I also received my Master of Arts in Instruction from St. Mary's.
In my free time I enjoy reading, going to movies, playing with my dogs, and spending as much time outside as possible.
I look forward to learning everyone's own interests and helping you succeed in Anatomy & Physiology.