Nell Hill

      Nell Hill and her husband Reinhold have just moved to our ward from Chicago.  Their youngest daughter Kira (14) is here with them and attends Columbus East High School.  Their oldest daughter, Zaida, is married and works for a senator in Washington DC and her husband works for the Department of Agriculture. Their second daughter, Anja, is a sophomore at BYU.  

     Nell is an educator in English and is finishing her PhD where she is focusing her dissertation on English as a second language. She plans to be done next summer. Reinhold Hill is the Vice Chancellor and Dean at IUPUC. Nell is enjoying being back in the classroom teaching at Ivy Tech, as she spent the last few years in an administrative role.

       Nell grew up in Lancaster County Pennsylvania which is known for being Amish Country and is  near Philadelphia. She studied at BYU-Hawaii and BYU where she met her husband.  She had a desire to serve a mission, so he waited for her while she served in the Brussels Belgium mission. She still speaks French fluently and has taught it at the high school and college level. 

      Nell has lived in a Branch for the past 15 years; five in Chicago and ten before that in Big Rapids, Michigan (North of Grand Rapids). Before she took time to work on her PhD, she spent some leisure time singing and acting in local theatre. She was cast as Helen Keller's mother in The Miracle Worker.  Another favorite role was to be part of their community Labor Day weekend music revues. Her favorite was when she performed and sang the music to Phantom of the Opera.

       Welcome to the ward Nell! We look forward to getting to know you better.