“I had just completed mortuary school and was looking for a funeral directing apprenticeship when I became the library assistant at Secrist. I intended to leave Secrist in a year, but I discovered I was needed in middle school. My motivation for funeral service was to make those in grief to start the journey towards happiness. I learned working in a school that the students were forgetting to be happy. I did not realize education makes the journey to happiness more accessible. My why for teaching, is that I am meant to help students find that path to happiness.”