Mrs. Doan has lived in San Clemente for most of her life.  She met her high school sweetheart, Steve, and they married in 1998.  They have four children from 8th grade to college whom she has homeschooled for the last 16 years.  Her hobbies include anything that has to do with art, going to the beach, hiking, running, coaching softball, and reading up on any of the new and latest curriculum developments in the homeschool world. 

She earned an athletic scholarship for softball and studied Art Education at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego.  She has taught in the public classroom under the observation of master teachers for a 1st grade Spanish immersion, 5th grade, high school AP English, and high school art.  Her love for teaching children began when she was a young girl helping as a teacher aid in Sunday school classes.  When she was 15 she began teaching young girls how to pitch by giving them private lessons and doing softball clinics for the local recreation leagues.  Later, she taught religious education classes for her church, directed Vacation Bible School for four years, and lead a Little Flowers Catholic Girls Club for three years that teaches virtues through the study of scripture and the biographies of saints. 
 In addition to teaching, she is a youth program coordinator that provides homestay programs and educational opportunities for youth throughout the country.  She coordinates a group from Japan!

All of her experience in the community has lead her to ILA where she is thrilled to have the opportunity to serve on ILA Leadership Team and share her classes with our homeschool community.   Currently, she is teaching literature and geography.