Avid readers of the Quad Cities Regional Business Journal (QCBJ) or frequent attendees of QCBJ events may know that my wife, Aspen Lohman, is co-owner of the Corridor Media Group Inc., which publishes the QCBJ and the Corridor Business Journal (CBJ).
Probably most don’t know that Aspen’s primary vocation has been teaching. This current school year would have been Aspen’s 29th teaching first grade at Coralville Central Elementary School in the Iowa City Community School District (ICCSD). Her mom was a teacher. She grew up wanting to be a teacher. She was put on this earth to teach kids, and she’s very good at it.
She was awarded the school district’s Shine Award in 2014, which “honors employees who go above and beyond for the students and schools in our community. Honorees positively influence, inspire, and leave a lasting impact in the work that they do every day, helping to fulfill the overall District mission.”…