TEACHER SPOTLIGHT: MS. FRIKKEN

By Athena Rosati & Sophia Switalski '25

It’s her first year as the athletic director, but not her first at Regina! Miss Frikken attended Regina, graduated in 2009, and has worked as a teacher since 2018. Education and teaching children has been her dream since she was inspired by Mr. Feeny from Boy Meets World, although she briefly considered a life in space as an astronaut. Between her times at Regina she attended Albion College where she participated in Greek life and was on the women’s basketball team. She highly recommends Greek life and spoke fondly of Alpha Chi Omega, where she is head of the admissions board. After hours, Miss Frikken likes to unwind with her favorite hobby: reading. She has many favorite books, but the two she recommended for teenage girls are It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover and Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, both of which are in the process of becoming movies!

Speaking of movies, she has many favorites as well. Just a few are Sabrina, (the 1957 version) Breakfast at Tiffany’s, West Side Story, (2021) and Glory Road. You can find loads of Miss Frikken’s favorite things on her Bookstagram @frikkenbeatifulbooks which she highly encourages you to follow!

The advice she most wanted to share was to branch out and make friends with as many people as possible because there is so much to learn from one another, and you want to look back on the person you were as kind and friendly. And finally, when asked to title her Regina experience she came up with Regina is My Positive. Miss Frikken is a firm believer in finding the positive in every situation and the last five years, Regina has always been her positive. We are all so happy to have Miss Frikken in her new position, and can’t wait to see what else she has in store for Regina Athletics!