Krista Winward is a Southern Utah native and graduate of Pine View High School and Dixie State University. In 1998, Mrs. Winward graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Family and Human Development from Utah State University. She continued her education at Utah State and earned a masters degree in Counseling Psychology in 2001.

Mrs. Winward began her professional career in Alpine School District. For the past decade she has been employed with the Washington County School District. Before joining the staff at Utah Online, she worked primarily with high school students at both Dixie and Pine View High School. In addition, she worked a year at the District Office as a concurrent enrollment specialist.

During her career, Mrs. Winward has had the opportunity to facilitate and guide group and classroom discussions for at-risk students,has led mentoring programs for diverse student populations, and facilitated a federally funded grant program for vulnerable students. She created and led an Ambassador Peer Mentoring program to support incoming sophomore students. Mrs. Winward served as an advisor for Leadership Academy students and guided them to three straight district wide achievement awards.

Krista is married to Jay Winward, and they have four amazing children. As a family they enjoy being outdoors skiing, hiking, biking and are actively involved in community and cultural programs. Krista has enjoyed counseling students at Utah Online this past year and is thrilled to be part of such an exceptional faculty, school, and learning environment.