Kelly Chumrau serves as the principal of Paxson School in Missoula, Mont., and her 20 years in education have included teaching grades K-8. Kelly and her family have lived and taught in the Philippines, Germany, and El Salvador, but Missoula is their home. In her spare time she enjoys mountain biking, spending time at Flathead Lake and just wondering.

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