Biography
Lara, a life-long Alaskan, grew up in Kasilof, Alaska on her families homestead, and now lives in beautiful Eagle River, Alaska with her husband, two daughters and two giant rescued rottweiler pups. She began her UAA career in the early 90's as a student in JPC, and after a few kids and direction changes has completed a B.A. in History, a Graduate Certificate in eLearning and an Interdisciplinary Master of Science in Instructional Design & Technology all from UAA. As a staff, Lara was a student worker in Financial Aid moved to a staff position in eMedia, through the CBPP Student Information Office as a student adviser and has finally landed at UAA Faculty Technology Center. As an Instructional Technologist, Lara has become the face of UAA Blackboard & eLive for faculty, as well as, all web 2.0 apps you might need help with. For fun she runs, thinks about running and tries to run more, even though its always uphill when you run in Alaska.
