Mrs. Thompson was born in Tucson, Arizona and grew up in Edina, Minnesota. She graduated from Edina High School and Smith College, and now works as a grade 5 teacher at Turkey Hill Middle School, where she teaches science and English language arts with Ms. Petrowicz and math and science with Mrs. Connery. She was previously a computer teacher at TC Passios Elementary and Primary School and a grade 4 teacher where she team taught with Miss Letendre. She is married to Derek Thompson and they have a son named Logan Thompson, and they also have two fur babies named Duke and Aspen Thompson. Her interests include ice hockey, rollerblading, football, camping, boating, traveling.