Yahna Tucker
Q&A with PreK3 teacher at PV Elementary.
1. Tell us about your family!
I’m from Austin, Texas. My husband Peyton is an FBI agent, and is originally from Searcy, but went to high school in Oregon. We met each other at Harding University and have been married for almost 14 years. We lived in Little Rock, then Searcy, then Fayetteville, then St. Louis and then back to Little Rock. We lived in St. Louis the longest – almost eight years – and had all of our child there. We have three daughters, Mattie is 7, Lucy is 4 and Finley just turned 3.
In St. Louis we went to a church that was about 300 people. We were really involved, and pretty much knew everyone by the time we left, mainly because I got permission to start a preschool there.
2. What is the story behind the preschool in St. Louis?
I wanted a place for my kids to go, and the nearest church of Christ preschool was half an hour away. So I asked our children’s minister if anyone had ever tried to start a preschool in the building.
I always tell people I feel like I climbed over the top of a slide and peeked over it, and then God just kind of pushed me down. I don’t really remember how I got from asking that question, to one month later, standing and presenting a power point to the elders with the research I had done. I had a lot of help from some moms who had been teachers before and were interested in teaching again. We spent a year getting ready, a year actually operating, and then I found out that we were moving to Little Rock, so I asked one of my teachers to take over. It’s still going strong, and she’s done an incredible job!
