Criss Bartley worked at the tech coordinator at Ridgway School for 5 years. When she started teaching at Pleasant Grove High School in Texarkana Texas she was one of the first teachers to have a computer on her desk and has had one ever since. She specializes in troubleshooting hardware problems but is just as happy cleaning up a system.

She sponsors the solar racecar team based at Ridgway School, is a member of the Ouray County Performing Arts Guild board, sings in the Ouray County Chorus, has two purbred Arabian horses and two young partbred Arab crosses in training.