Amy Tuman

MEDICAL LAKE – Amy Tuman, Hallet Elementary School, grew up in Kirkland and graduated from Central Washington University. She spent 22 years teaching special education at East Valley School District in Yakima.

She supports third and fifth grade students with intervention and inclusion as a special educator. She said Teaching has always been a passion rooted in her childhood experiences and a desire to make a real difference in people's lives.

She met and married her husband, Russ at Central. They currently have two grown kids and one very spoiled Shih Tzu nickname June B.

When Tuman was a kid,...