Prep Administration and Support
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Kenzie Roberts is new to the Great Hearts network this year! Kenzie has a diverse background in leadership and team collaboration through her bachelor’s and 
Prep Faculty
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My name is Alexandra Ahlfinger but I go by Storme (e is silent). I recently Graduated University of Arizona with a Bachelor’s in Classics with an emphasis on Greek Civilization and a minor in History. I’ll be teaching 7
I graduated from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, TX with a degree in Mathematics and a minor in Music. I went on to earn my first 
Brittany Reed is ecstatic to be joining the Great Hearts Roosevelt Prep team to teach 6th Grade Music. Originally from Arizona, she is a 2016 Magna Cum Laude graduate from Southern Utah University, obtaining her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre. While at SUU, she performed in over 15 productions, from musicals to Shakespeare. Some of her favorite productions being “You Can’t Take It With You” by Moss Hart, “The Fantasticks” by Harvey Schmidt & Tom Jones, and “Oklahoma” by Rogers & Hammerstein. Brittany also formed a working relationship with the nearby Utah Shakespeare Festival in both performing roles and in their Educational Outreach Department. She traveled to schools around Utah to teach grades K-12 how to read, analyze, and perform Shakespeare. One of the most rewarding projects Brittany would work on each year was the High School Shakespeare competition, where schools from across the country would come and compete in monologue and scene work competitions, with a final performance at the end of the week with all the winners. 
Joshua Gibbs is from Lexington Kentucky and comes to Great Hearts Roosevelt after serving more than twenty years in the United States Army. While serving he worked as an Intelligence Analyst for the National Intelligence Agency. In addition, He taught at the United States Army Intelligence Center of Excellence in Fort Huachuca Arizona as an Advance Leadership Course Instructor. As a Service Member, he was given the chance to travel to 48 of the 50 states and 5 different countries and train on many multi-million-dollar equipment. Some hobbies of his include fishing, shooting, camping, and reading. His love for the outdoors is almost as strong as his love for learning. He is completing a degree from Western Governors University for Secondary Education in Science. His plans are to complete his degree plan before the end of 2025. He is married to the love of his life Renee, and has two children, Shea and Kaydence.
Tammie Willis recently retired from a 20-year career in higher education where she served as a student affairs administrator and taught college courses including music theory, creative writing, literature and composition and leadership development. She spent ten years working with the University of Alaska at both the Anchorage and Kenai Peninsula campuses. She also worked at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.