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Kirsten Mahoney

Contact Me

  • kmahoney@elmhurst205.org
  • phone: 630-617-2400 ex. 7325

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Genetics- Biotechnology 

Biology 

About Me

Education

  • Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, Northern Illinois University, 2007
  • M.A. in teaching, DePaul University
  • B.S. in Biology, Benedictine University

Teacher

  • This is my 25th year teaching science at York (since 1998)
  • Currently, I teach one section of Genetics-Biotechnology and four sections of Biology. 

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