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DEWITT, Mich. -- Kristi Kujala-Mickelson of DeWitt, Mich., has been offered a new position at Immaculate Heart of Mary in Lansing as a special education math instructor. Prior to that she was at Immaculate Heart of Mary for two years as a special education math interventionist.
She will be working with children who have math intervention in their student accommodation plans. She will following up with students, teachers and parents to make sure they are getting the help they need or if different accommodations are needed.
She taught sixth grade at Resurrection Catholic School for eight years and one year of special education math. She taught for nine years special education math in the Lansing Public schools.
She is a 1994 graduate of Kingsford High School and a 1999 graduate of Northern Michigan University in Marquette with a bachelor's degree in elementary education with minors in fine arts, math and theater. She received her master's degree in special education from Michigan State University in 2004.
She married Brian Mickelson in 2005 at the church where she now teaches. They have four children, Sofia, Zoe, Lucy and Toby. She is the daughter of Jack and Diana Peterson-Kujala of Orleans, Mich., formerly of Kingsford.