Who is Mrs. Engberg?

          I grew up in the state of Alaska where I learned to enjoy fishing, both for sport and commercially, and played a lot of basketball.  I have been sport fishing for salmon and halibut for as long as I can remember.  I no longer sport fish for salmon, the river is too crowded, but I still enjoy halibut fishing when I get the chance in the summers.  I started commercial fishing for salmon at age 10.  My dad and I retired from that seven years ago, but two years ago my dad called and he had bought another permit because he decided my two nephews needed to learn how to work on a gillnetter and would I come help train them.  I was back on the boat that summer and training my nephews.  I retired, again, at the end of this summer!
          When I graduated high school, I started college at Western Oregon State University, now Western Oregon University, where I played basketball.  I transferred to Eastern Washington University at the end of basketball season, and that is where I received my BA of E with a major in reading and a minor in English.  I received my masters from Walden University in Technology in the Classroom about ten years ago.  I am also a National Board Certified Teacher in the area of Middle Childhood Generalist. 
          I moved from Washington to California in October of 1997 where I was hired to teach kindergarten that following February.  I am in my seventeenth year of teaching at the same school and my tenth year teaching fifth grade.  I moved to California because my husband is a golf club pro and wanted to work at a golf course year-round instead of summers only.  He works at a course here in Southern California from fall through spring, then heads to Alaska and is a superintendent at a course up there through the summer. 
          Yes, I am married, 21 years, with no children.  Our children are our dogs.  We adopt our dogs from the shelter here.  Our "old man" is almost 11 years old and showing his age since he is a large breed dog.

We had a rescue from the Katrina hurricane until almost two years ago when she passed from cancer.  We got another puppy from the shelter afterwards and had to quickly learn all about Catahoula Leopard dogs.  She was mislabeled as an Australian shepherd mix.  She and I started agility training last year to help with training and give her mind and body exercise. 
          I enjoy reading science fantasy books during free time and playing tennis with my husband when we both have a day off.  I also enjoy playing games like cribbage on my computer and I do have a Wii U that I enjoy playing the Super Mario games and Zelda games on.