Sara Kazmierski was born in Southern California but raised in the Midwest. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2004 with a degree in Elementary Education and a minor in Italian. She earned her Master’s Degree in Education from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse in 2009, and her Administrative Services Credential in 2024. “Mrs. K” is married and has two awesome boys and a sweet dog named Dani. In 2016, after twelve years of teaching in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Mrs. K moved to San Diego with her family and started teaching at Elevate, where she is now a Dean of Students serving our 6th-8th grade students at the EMS campus. She loves living in her favorite city, close to family, the ocean, mountains, and year-round beautiful weather. She loves spending time with her family, taking her family on fun adventures, reading, exercising, and traveling.