Mika started as a Course and Curriculum Coordinator with CU Denver CLAS in May 2023, where she handles course scheduling and rooming coordination for CLAS, as well as curriculum management and catalog editing. She supports annual curriculum management and instructional budget meetings and helps manage data sets used for academic planning and analysis. Prior to that, she worked for 5.5 years at CU Boulder, starting out as a student assistant editing videos and course material for the Boulder on Coursera programs. She graduated with her BA in English Literature, and a double minor in Space and Math, before starting as the Course Coordinator for the Master of Science in Data Science program at CU Boulder.
She was born and raised here in Lakewood, CO and has lived in CO her whole life. In her free time, she enjoys playing with her cat, Loki, going on hikes with her husband, or spending her Saturday/Sunday evenings at the Grizzly Rose doing some country line and swing dancing. She loves to white water raft with her husband and tries to go on trips 2-3 times every summer at least. Outside of her full-time job, she also plays the piano and organ. She is the accompanist for the Broomfield Children’s Chorus and plays as a substitute organist for a few different churches across the state.