Amy has a combined experience of over 18 years’ in human services and early childhood education. Her primary areas of expertise involve leadership development, strategic planning, and early childhood education. As an Early Learning Specialist for the Department of Education Amy draws on her experience in human services working for Medicaid, Department of Labor, Head Start, and Teaching. Prior to the Department of Education Amy worked as an elementary teacher, then a director for the Head Start Program. Amy wrote and executed the grants while working for the Head Start Program. In this role she implemented several family literacy projects. After leaving Head Start Amy worked at the Department of Labor in a role teaching adult literacy programs that enabled those that hadn’t worked outside of the home to get back into the workforce. While working for the Department of Labor Amy received the Changing Lives Hero Award, the highest honor in Human Services. When that program lost funding Amy quickly moved to a position at Wyoming Medicaid. In her professional career Amy has worn many hats but all have been geared around bettering Wyoming citizens. Amy has degrees in Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Human Services, and as of recently a Masters Degree in Business Administration. In May of 2023 Amy will graduate the law program at the University of Wyoming with a Bachelors Degree in Organizational Leadership Law.