Jessica Rodd

Jessica Haru Rodd is dean of Mori no Ike- Dent (first half). She has been on staff at Mori no Ike for 9 years. She also speaks French.

Haru earned her bachelor of arts in Japanese from the University of Colorado-Boulder, where she also completed a teaching certificate in elementary education. During her studies, she was awarded a scholarship for a year at Kansai Gaikokugo University, Hirakata-shi, Osaka, Japan. She was also a multiple-year recipient of the Freeman Foundation Scholarship. Haru currently teaches first grade in Louisville, Colo.