Stacie is a 2021-2022 Teach Plus Illinois Early Childhood Educator Policy Fellow and a teacher with the Preschool for All Program in Dixon. She is the president of her school district’s parent and teacher collaboration and is the union representative for her building. She is on the executive board for the Dixon Petunia Festival, an annual community building music festival. She graduated from Northern Illinois University with a BA in Early Childhood Education and graduated with a MEd in Early Childhood Education from American College of Education.