Mrs. Maria Backes joined the Helias Catholic faculty in 2023. She has a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Missouri State University.

Mrs. Backes teaches Algebra.  She is also the faculty adviser for the Academic Team.

Favorite Bible Verse:  “For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?” – Esther 4:14