Brittany Toll (born September 27, 1986) was Miss New Mexico Teen USA 2005 and a Top 10 finalist at Miss Teen USA 2005. She is currently Miss New Mexico USA 2011 and competed in the Miss USA 2011 pageant. She was voted Fan Favorite by voters on MissUSA.com and NBC.com, which allowed her to place in the Top 16. Toll is from Las Cruces, New Mexico and is a 2009 graduate of New Mexico State University.[1] She received her marketing degree and was a member of the Zeta Tau Alpha women's sorority.
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Since 2009, Toll has been a teacher with Teach For America, and is currently teaching pre-kindergarten at Rockyview Elementary in Gallup, New Mexico. Most of her students are low income Navajo students, but many others belong to other tribes of Native Americans throughout the Southwestern United States and beyond.
In late 2010, Toll was selected as Miss New Mexico USA 2011. She competed at the Miss USA pageant in June 2011,[2] and won the Fan Favorite award, which allowed her to place in the finals and scored the highest of all the contestants on the "text your vote" portion of the competition.
On March 18, 2011, Toll marched with the United Irish Counties in the annual New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade, and on March 18, 2011, Toll rode a float in the Newark St. Patrick's Day Parade, where she was serenaded by the Boys of St. Gregory's Academy.
Brittany is currently on Teach For America staff as a MTLD (Manager, Teacher Leadership Development) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Brittany supports 24 first and second year Teach For America teachers.
Some of Toll's hobbies include painting, reading, and blogging.
Toll's next steps are to further her education by attending graduate school in the study of psychology or early childhood development. She plans on becoming an advocate for early childhood education and development. She also aspires to become a children's book author and illustrator and she is currently in the process of writing her first book.[3]
Toll also has a blog, whose topic range includes everything from comedy to organizational tips and teaching stories.
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