Fränzi was born and raised in Switzerland where she completed her teacher education. She moved to British Columbia in 1991 where she started teaching French in a small rural elementary school. During her career as an educator, she has had the privilege to work with students from Kindergarten to Graduate school, as a classroom teacher, online facilitator, Teacher Teaching on Call, school administrator and District Coordinator.

Fränzi holds a Master’s Degree in Education from Gonzaga University and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership and Change from Fielding Graduate University. Fränzi is fluent in four languages: Swiss, German, French and English. Fränzi feels privileged to be able to live and work on the unceeded traditional territory of the Secwépemc people in Kamloops, BC.