Madilyn Hatch was born and raised in Layton, Utah. She graduated from Layton High School and then continued her education at Utah State University, where she studied Physics and met her loving husband. She had the opportunity to work at Northrop Grumman as a Structural Design Engineer, where she stayed for a year. She also spent her nights working on research with the USU LIDAR team. After working in this field, she decided it wasn’t the right fit for her and chose to pursue education, starting with teaching Piano.

This decision led her to Idaho, where she began teaching at Alturas Preparatory Academy. She loves sharing her knowledge and fascination with the world with her students and enjoys finding ways to connect science and mathematics to everyday life.

Some of her favorite things in life are her husband, her two crazy dogs (Mac and Cassie), astronomy, sewing, painting, playing the piano, and running.