BA English

BA Theater/Dance

Gillian has two B.A. degrees from Santa Clara University in English and Theater/Dance. She has extensive teaching experience and international experience throughout the Spanish-speaking world in Europe and the Americas. Gillian joined MIS in 2005.

BA History

MS Environmental Studies

Jeff has a B.A. in History from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, and an M.S. in Environmental Studies from the University of Montana. He joined MIS in 2003 and has taught at all grade levels from first to eighth grade. Prior to MIS, Jeff taught for three years in Southern California as a Teach for America Corps member.

BS Zoology

Jen joined the MIS team in 2014. She enjoys inspiring our middle school students through an inquiry-based science curriculum, paying special attention to the role of science in critical thinking skills, environmental responsibility, and social justice. She is also a Middle School Advisor, sharing her experience in Responsive Classroom techniques to bring social and emotional learning into focus.

BA English Literature

MA English Teaching

Between degrees and up through the summer of 2020, Jon spent fifteen years doing trail maintenance, fourteen of which were in Glacier National Park. Outside of leading backcountry trail maintenance crews, his teaching experience includes teaching College Writing I, student teaching sixth and seventh graders, and teaching AP and IB English courses for Juniors and Seniors. He loves spending his free time outdoors hiking, climbing, snowboarding, traveling internationally with his wife and friends, writing about his adventures, and reading books.

MA Education

BS Spanish Literature

José Diaz is from Caracas, Venezuela where he was the head of the language department at his former School "Colegio Fundacion Carlos Delfinos" He is currently working on his Ph.D. in Education. He loves reading and traveling to new places. His favorite book is One Hundred Years of Solitude by the Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez. He loves spending time with friends and family and his favorite places to visit are New York, NY and Atlanta, GA. He also loves living in Missoula because people are really friendly. José joined MIS in 2017.

MA Teaching Mathematics

BS Industrial Engineering

Linda has been teaching high school and middle school math since 1992. For 13 years, she worked at the Latin School of Chicago before moving to Montana in 2009. At the Latin School, she taught a wide range of courses, from pre-algebra to AP Computer Science, ran the Geography Bee, and coached cross-country. Linda speaks Italian and appreciates any opportunity to use it. She enjoys traveling with her immediate family and her large extended family. Linda joined MIS in 2015.