Ms. Giles is a 5th grade teacher at Columbine Elementary School. She has taught for 20 years, all at Columbine, and has previously taught both 2nd and 3rd grades. She loves teaching Science, and leads the STEM Explorers after school club. Ms. Giles holds a Bachelor's Degree in Linguistics and French from Truman State University, and a Master’s Degree in Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Education and Special Education. She was born in California, but has lived in Colorado for the past 40 years. She loves to travel, and this year has been to Hong Kong, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, and the Dominican Republic.