Some fun facts about Ms Dal Santo: * This is my 16th year teaching junior high! * My favorite branches of science are human anatomy and genetics. * If I weren't teaching, I would be a marine biologist. * I have gone to Catholic school my whole life: St Monica Academy, Resurrection College Prep, Dominican University * I love roller coasters * I am a hot sauce connoisseur using different kinds ALL the time! * I have 3 cats, 2 box turtles, and 1 red-eared slider turtle * I am a huge Cubs fan * I play in a Sunday 16-inch softball league * I like scary movies * I love being an aunt to very spoiled 3-year-old boy, Sidney! * My favorite places for the summer: Six Flags Great America/Hurricane Harbor, Foster Ave beach, Norridge Pool * Some of my favorite books are To Kill A Mockingbird, The Great Gatsby, Fahrenheit 451, The One and Only Ivan, Nothing Grows Here, and The Lakota Way.