Susan Nelson

Susan Nelson

Toddler Teacher

Susan was born in Chattanooga, TN. She has lived in Alabama, Mississippi, Montana, Arizona, Maryland and California. She lived in Felton, California until she moved to Sonora in 2006. Susan began has an instructional aide at Safari and then received her early children units enabling her to teach. She has taught at Safari since it opened in 2007. Susan graduated from high school in Antioch, California. She attended Woodbury University in Los Angeles for one year, then Academy of Art in San Francisco. She is currently attending Columbia College. Susan has been married to Steve Nelson for 35 years. She has three children Ben, Tamara, and Shannon, daughter-in-law Laura, and two grandchildren. She loves painting, scrapbooking and Children’s Ministry. She has taken two missionary trips to India and and, with her husband, is involved in a ministry to the homeless in Sonora, CA plus volunteers for Samaritan’s Purse. If you look on the playground, in the toddler room and in the Safari Day Care, Susan did the coloration and shading on our murals.