After some major life changes and taking a couple of years off to travel, Diane with her partner Charlie Brown (YES! that is his Real Name!) bought some property and parked a bus on the outskirts of the intriguing township of Yucca, AZ in June of 2014. When Diane heard about the small school in Yucca, she stated that she must find work there. Her love of children and her deep desire to impart the wonders of learning to them is what motivated her to seek employment at the little school. Diane loves working with children and has many different experiences to share. Besides homeschooling her own three children for 6 years, she was an AWANA leader, the 4H Rabbit Project Leader, Sunday School Teacher and Coordinator, she gave horse riding lessons to many of the neighborhood children with her extensive collection of horses and ponies. While her children were in school in their first 3 years of schooling, Diane was a volunteer who spent so much time at the school that she was eventually hired as a teacher's aide. Diane's three children have grown to be respectable adults and are (in her words) ,"Awesome!" Her son joined the Navy for 4 years, went to college on his G.I. Bill and majored in kinesiology. He now runs a pool company and is head coach for the club swim team in the Coachella Valley. He swims in masters and was recently rated tenth in the nation in his age group. He has recently become engaged.
