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Hello Tulita Families!
My name is Jennifer Westerland and I am your VP of Programs. I have two boys, Aidan, a 5th grader and Tommy, who’s in 2nd grade. I’m a food and cocktail blogger who works from home and spends her mornings writing and coming up with food and cocktail recipes for various publications as well as my own blog, Kitchycooking.com. In the afternoons, I switch gears and turn into a chauffeur shuttling my boys back and forth to their various sports and after-school activities before we all get back together for dinner. We’ve been part of the Tulita community since Aidan started at the CDC in 2014. I’ve been volunteering ever since, starting small in the classroom, moving on to chairing a couple committees and now as your VP of Programs. It’s been an exciting road and I couldn’t be happier to be a part of such a wonderful community.
When the boys aren’t in school, we love to travel and take road trips. We’ve been all over - from the snowy hills of Mammoth and Alaska to the beaches of Hawaii and the Bahamas. While the boys love to play sports, they also enjoy attending big league games. So, every year we make a point of getting to at least one Angels game in Orange County (usually when the Red Sox are in town since they’re my team).
While joining the PTA Board has added more responsibility and taken up more time, it’s been very rewarding. I’ve made some great friends and I love having a hand in planning some of the fun events we do at Tulita during the year, like the upcoming Science Fair and Multicultural Night. But we’re always looking for other ideas and I’d love to hear yours! So, if you have some time and want to meet some of the wonderful parents on the PTA, stop by one of our monthly meetings, there’s always coffee and pastries and it’s always very informative!
Cheers!
Jennifer, Gary, Aidan, Tommy and Scout (our dog)
