Informal Resolution Facilitator

About me

Biography

Dr. Yarrow was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. She completed a B.S. and M.S. degree in English and a Ph.D. in forest resources at Clemson University. She first began teaching secondary English in 1977 and has taught English since then in every grade from kindergarten to college. She first began teaching CLDE grades K-5 at Lotus in the fall of 2022. “I do enjoy and appreciate the students at Lotus so much,” she says. “They make me proud to be part of such a culturally diverse academic community. They are dedicated and motivated to learn.”

She has been certified to teach in five states. Her work experiences include over two decades teaching English to gifted middle-school students in Clemson, South Carolina and over a decade of college English at Clemson University, Virginia Tech, and Stephen F. Austin University in Texas. She co-authored the book Managing Wildlife. She moved to Denver to be near her son, an attorney who works for the state of Colorado. At home, she enjoys photography, playing the piano, writing, books, and her dogs.