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November 7, 2009 in Features
Teaching others to thrive
Educator molds young minds with life lessons
Liz Ulmen has been teaching children in the Spokane area for 30 years. She believes that children are “spontaneously generous” and have a lot to teach adults struggling in these hard economic times.
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Liz Ulmen is an award-winning teacher for Spokane School District. Her students come to the Libby Center each day from all over the district to participate in Tessera, a program for gifted children.
Ulmen, 54, taught in both public and private schools in the Spokane area before specializing in the teaching of gifted children 16 years ago. She remains in awe of the resilience and creativity of all children.
The Montana native believes that during this economic downturn, children are learning lessons about financial and emotional health that they will carry into older age in the same impermeable way Depression-era …
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