Cindi grew up in mid-town Kan­sas City, Missouri, was a member of Guardian Angels Parish where she attended grades K-8. She attended St. Teresa’s Acad­emy and gradu­ated from Saint Mary Col­lege, Leaven­worth, KS with a de­gree in Biol­ogy and emphasis in Chemis­try.

She com­pleted her gradu­ate studies In­ternship as an Clinical Labo­ratory Scien­tist at Trinity Lu­theran Hospital. She worked as a clinical labora­tory scientist for 15 years and re­tired after ac­quiring a life threaten­ing allergy to natural rub­ber. She went back to school to obtain her BA in Spanish and BEd K-12 at UMKC.

She taught 6 years in the Liberty School district and 11 years in the Independence School district before retir­ing in 2020. She answered God’s call and is cur­rently work­ing as a Spanish teacher K-5th grade at St. Therese North.

Cindi lost the love of her life, Paul in 2019 but her two chil­dren have been her bedrock. They both attended St. James Elementary and still live in the area.

Cindi is a volunteer usher, greeter, and point of contact at the Sunday, 5pm Mass. She has been volunteering as a lead teacher for the RE classes. She has done mission work in Bolivia and now is involved with the Guatemala Humanitarian Founda­tion building churches associated with St. Therese North and St. James. Her hobbies and interests are: reading (especially books on getting closer to Christ and her favorite book is The Count of Monte Cristo), concerts, art, and travel. She likes to garden, take her dog on walks and to paint.

She is very honored to have been discerned as a member of the Pastoral Council and looks forward to working with the other members, the pastor, and parishioners.