Personal Timeline

By katibethdh

  • Kati was born!

    I was born in McAllen, TX to Brad and Jan DeHaven.

  • Moved to San Benito, TX.

    As a clergy family, we were moved by the Bishop semi-often.

  • Started Kindergarten

    I started Kindergarten at Ed Downs Elementary.

  • Braedon was born

    Braedon is my little brother! He was probably the coolest thing anyone could ever bring to kinder show-and-tell.

  • Move to San Antonio

    In San Antonio, my dad served St. Andrew's UMC. I attended Thousand Oaks Elementary school for 1st - 5th grades.

  • FINALLY made it into the GT program

    Spent some of my most formative childhood years in Mrs. Hicks GT class for 4th and 5th grade. She was the first one to hold me to a standard that said "doing it right" isn't good enough; challenging yourself so you grow is what's "good enough," if that is even a thing.

  • Started 6th Grade/Middle school

    I attended Omar N. Bradley MS for 6th and 7th grade.

  • Trip to Chicago

    For my 12th birthday, my Mom took me to the American Girl Place in Chicago. To this day, that's one of my favorite memories. <3

  • Moved to Canyon Lake

    Here, I started 8th grade! My dad served Canyon Lake UMC. I met some of my closest friends this year including Shelby, Katy, Taylor, Rachel, and Jordan. These would remain my best friends through high school.

  • First Trip (of many) to Savannah, Georgia

    Savannah is the birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low, the founder of Girl Scouts. I took several trips to Savannah with my mom and a few Girl Scout friends. Lots of memories made <3

  • Freshman year at Canyon Lake HS

    Here, some friendship dynamics changed as they do with most new highschoolers. I attended CLHS all four years of high school where I took as many advanced (AP and Pre-AP) classes as I could.

  • First Trip to Romania

    I convinced my dad to take me to Romania on a mission trip when his professor at SMU gave a presentation about it in church. We went! I had goals of creating an idea for my Girl Scout Gold Award while here... I met Pastor Dinu, his wife, Gabriela; his two sons, Ravis and Gadiel; and his entire congregation.

  • Second Trip to Romania

    After 2 years of fundraising, I was picked up at the International Airport in Transylvania by Rev. Dinu and his family in the new 9 Passenger van that I had bought. The van was for his congregation to use to help transport anyone to/from church or church events.

  • Earned my Girl Scout Gold Award

    I raised $21,000 for a 9 passenger transporting van for the congregation that I met in Romania.

  • Graduated Valedictorian of CLHS Class of 2013

    I admit, we were a small school with my graduating class of only 200, but I worked several long nights for those grades... In a way, they paid off.

  • First Year working for El Rancho Cima

    El Rancho Cima is a Boy Scout camp! For the majority of the summer I taught the Geocaching Merit Badge, but I also taught Fire Safety, Hiking, Backpacking, and Forestry. Here I solidified that I wanted to teach :)

  • Began my education at SU

    Here I have grown so much! I made my life long friends and met Will, my current boyfriend of 2 years :) My eyes have been opened to so much beyond just my life and my passion for children has only grown... I want to study Dual Language Education and how it could improve the USA's education system...

  • Second Year teaching at El Rancho Cima

    I taught 4 full classes a day of First Aid! Here I started to gain a little confidence in instruction and classroom management.

  • NOW!

    I am starting my 3rd year at SU! I love it here! I admit, I am a little intimidated but I'm sure this will be a great year!