Miss Stenersen was born in Tonsberg, Norway and moved with her mother and siblings to Matsqui in 1904 to reunite with her father who had been mining in the Yukon and Alaska. She attended elementary school in Ridgedale—just outside the Matsqui Prairie—wrote her departmental exams in Abbotsford and attended high school in Matsqui. She studied education at Vancouver Normal School and landed her first job as the only teacher at North Popular in 1919. Four years later, she had transferred and had taken over as the teacher for Ridgedale School.  In 1925 she became the vice-principal at Abbotsford Public School, a school that consisted of seven elementary classes and two high school classes. She then, became the acting principal from 1929-1951. From 1951-1962 she transferred locations and became the principal of Alexander Elementary school. Miss Stenersen retired in 1962 and moved to Vancouver to care for her parents. During her retirement ceremony, she was awarded an honorary associate life membership to the British Columbia Teachers Federation.

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Sources Used For This Page:
The Reach Archives- P14292, P14293, and P12484.