Crystal Apple Award
Stephanie Swensen teaches because she loves kids and she loves teaching, in that order. Stephanie majored in Statistics at BYU and then went on to have a career in industry. She was very good at her job. She managed people. That was great preparation for teaching.
After a number of years, she left her work and began her teaching career as a substitute teacher. One of the hardest jobs ever. She found out that she has a real talent for teaching and she liked it. She decided that she wanted to do it full-time.