She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a major in Spanish. In 2003, she received her Master’s degree in History from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Ms. Buttner is a member of the Wisconsin Association of Foreign Language Teachers and a SMART certified trainer. She has presented on use of the SMART Board at various Wisconsin Association of Foreign Language Teachers conferences and has designed accompanying SMART Board lessons for teaching Spanish and ELL (available at IWB Language Lessons).