Rachel Lyness

Rachel Lyness is currently our Preschool teacher at Open Door Learning Center - Arlington Hills. Rachel joined Literacy Minnesota in 2010, coming to us after working in the Stillwater School District as a teacher’s assistant and as a preschool tutor when she served with Minnesota Reading Corps. Rachel has her B.A. in Child Psychology from the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, and her M.A. in Early Childhood Education from Concordia - St. Paul. Rachel’s passion from education and literacy began at an early age, with Mr. Rogers. Outside of work, Rachel loves to do crafty things without a lot of pinterest-fails, spend time with her family, travel and work on her never-ending “to be read” pile of books.