| As the proud mom of a 20-year-old daughter and 18-year-old son attending Wyoming schools, Julie has spent much of the last two decades at sporting events, theater and choir concerts and helping with homework. Now that her youngest is graduating from Kelly Walsh High School this May, Julie is ready to shift her focus to a new lens of public service. Someday, Julie will retire in Wyoming, and she wants the future of our state to look like the Wyoming she grew up in - hardworking and neighborly.
A fourth-generation Basque Wyomingite, born and raised on a small farm outside of Buffalo, Julie lives and loves the Wyoming way. She grew up practicing conservative values - faith, family, sports, fishing, honesty, hunting, and living below your means. With the work ethic of a farm kid, she graduated Buffalo High School as a valedictorian while working two jobs, then played DII intercollegiate soccer and volleyball. Throughout her life, she's worked in many of Wyoming's proudest industries- concrete, oil and gas industry bookkeeping, lifeguarding, coaching, and across education. She is now the Director of Teaching and Learning in the Natrona County School District. |