Julie Young joined Aspen Country Day’s Early School in 2025 from Aspen’s Wildwood School, where she was a lead teacher for four- and five-year-olds. Before starting at Wildwood in 2014, Julie earned a BA in psychology and elementary education at Western State University in Gunnison, Colorado, and worked in Boulder as a reading specialist. She has training in advanced strategies for reading intervention including work with Dr. Barbara Wise of Colorado Reading Solutions.
Which ACDS core value is most meaningful to you, and why?
Community, because education truly “takes a village.” When students, teachers and families work together, children feel supported, encouraged and connected. This is where success comes in.
What energizes you?
Nature, children, art, friends.
What’s your Achilles heel?
Probably chocolate, but professionally it’s trying to do everything at once.
What trend do you hope makes a comeback?
Flip phones.