K. Evans Odell is a musician, paralegal, tracker, rancher, writer, teacher, and mother. She is a graduate of Vaughnsville High School, Ohio Northern University, College of St. Scholastica, and National Paralegal College. She has studied at Berklee College of Music She has a master's degree in Education: Curriculum and Instruction, and is a Certified Paralegal. She is a member of Alpha Xi Delta sorority, Rocky Mountain Trackers, Montana Association of Legal Assistants, and National Association of Legal Assistants, and is a World Tae Kwon Do Blackbelt.
K, Evans Odell taught school for more than 35 years at all levels (K-12) and all of the elementary subjects provided in public schools and several of the high school subject areas. She has taught in the city, country schools, multi-level classrooms, and detention center for delinquent boys. She has worked as a lifeguard and an EMT. K. Evans Odell studied survival and K9 search and rescue with her dogs Lew, Joker, Gwylm and Minnie; and she studied mantracking (without dogs) under former border patrolman and professional tracker, Joel Hardin. When teaching, K.
Evans Odell's students participated at the state level in Montana and South Dakota State spelling contests, Montana State Mathcounts contest, and Montana and South Dakota State Geography Bee. Her students competed in the top ten teams in the nation in the National History Day competition, as national finalist in Hallmark historical story writing, and second place in the nation in the NASA/NSTA spacecraft design competition.
K. Evans Odell was selected to be trained as a NEWEST teacher for NASA, and was Montana representative for NASA/NSTA competitions. K. Evans Odell was a past Montana Conservation Teacher of the Year and US Regional Conservation Teacher of the Year. She has four grown children and lives on a ranch with her husband.
