Where do you live now?  I am living in Broad Ripple and teaching in Downtown Indy.

What have you been up to since STA?  Since graduating from STA I have focused on getting my teaching career started. That started as early as highschool when I had the amazing opportunity to intern in Ms. Ashton’s and Ms. Bennett’s Kindergarten classroom at STA from 2019-2020! Since then I have graduated from Butler University with my degree in Early Childhood Education and am teaching Kindergarten in downtown Indy. Outside of the classroom I love to go bouldering, hammock, read, and hangout with my friends.

Please tell us about your family:  I have the most supportive parents, Kim and Murph Mahaffey. I am so thankful to them for sending me to STA it really laid the groundwork for an amazing education and community. My dad also was an STA Grad and graduated in 1982. I have a little brother, Jack, who is in the photos with me. He graduated from STA in 2017 and  is currently at Butler University pursuing a degree in Art and Design.

What is your favorite STA memory?  My favorite STA memory was going to Camp Tecumseh in 7th and 8th grade. My class made great memories there and learned important lessons that still stick with me.

What do you like to do in your spare time?  In my spare time I love to go bouldering, hammock, read, and hangout with my friends.

What words of advice would you offer a current STA student?  I would tell a current STA student to really soak up all of those fun moments like doing the school play, going to DC, field trips, going to BizTown etc. Being a student at STA is a really special and fun time in your life and although it feels long in the moment, it goes by so quickly.

Also, some of your classmates from STA will be lifelong friends.  Treasure those connections.