Our Team

Mathnasium Master Certified
Debra first graduated from the University of North Dakota with a degree in accounting and continues to be an avid Sioux fan. She went on to earn a Masters degree in Business from the Daniel’s School of Business at the University of Denver while working full time. She has enjoyed a successful 20 year career as a Chief Financial Officer for a $125M beverage distributor and as a Manager of Finance for a $6.4B world-class consumer goods company. It was in this career that she realized the depth of math requirements needed yet missing across all fields in business. Debra taught math concepts as part of a sell-in tool for the sales teams to help drive company profits. She now wants to make a bigger difference by helping kids build their confidence and math skills necessary to be more successful in the working world. Debra lives in Thornton with her husband Russell, and two young daughters.

Marlena began her college career in Fort Collins at Colorado State University where she studied economics and mathematics. Since then she has returned to Denver where she continues to pursue degrees in both fields attending Metropolitan State College of Denver. She enjoys interacting with people of all ages and finds working with children to be especially rewarding. While employed as a nanny in Fort Collins, she worked with children of various learning abilities and special needs. Marlena has a natural aptitude for Math and strives to share her enthusiasm with her students to enable them to be more confident, comfortable and competent in their math studies. Marlena, a native Coloradoan, enjoys reading, snowboarding, hiking and the arts.

Learning Center Instructors,

Our staff, being either Mathematics, Economics, Engineering or Physics majors, have all received thorough training in the Mathnasium Method.  Additionally, they have demonstrated a special aptitude for working with students at all grade-levels, and are an integral part of the success of the Westminster Center.