About Mrs. Liebke
Raised in L.A. as Juliana Michele Rein, I moved to San Diego for university straight out of high school. I majored in Classics, the study of ancient Greece and Rome, with an emphasis in Classical Humanities at San Diego State University. In my senior year, I studied at the University of Bristol, England. While abroad, I tried my best to blend into British culture and travel. I toured around Great Britain, took a ski trip to Austria, and back packed through Italy, Greece, and Turkey for 5 1/2 weeks.
The return to San Diego was short-lived. After catching the travel bug, I decided it was time to see my own country. This entailed taking an 8 week camping tour through the national parks of the western U.S. and Canada. After a short stint working in my hometown of L.A., I continued my journey by spending 5 weeks in New Zealand.
I came home and completed my proudest achievement, a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Science in May 1997. I celebrated this achievement by quiting my waitressing job and becoming a tour leader. For two summer seasons I escorted foreign vacationers around our beautiful national parks spending the better part of two seasons living out of a van. During the winter season I drove the same vans for a ground transportation company in Vail, Co where I learned how to downhill ski from my Canadian friends.
I returned to San Diego in 1999 to complete my teaching credential at National University. Receiving both a multiple subject and a single subject credential for social science, I was fortunate to begin my career in Fall 2001 teaching 7th and 8th grade English at Samuel Gompers Secondary School. After two years, I accepted a position in 7th grade social studies at Pacific Beach Middle School where I have been teaching for the sixth year now. I have recently returned to my alma mater, San Diego State University, where I am currently working on my Master of Arts in Education Technology.
In July 2005 I married Paul Liebke, and together we are racking up a travel list frequently camping, honeymooning in Thailand, vacationing in Jamaica, and traveling throughout Spain and London. Reading, skiing, hiking, and river rafting remain my favorite past times. We live with our two cats, Charley and Spooky.
