I am entering my 25th year in the classroom.  I have taught in Marlboro County, Lexington District 2, and have spent the last 19 years of my career in Lexington Richland District 5.  My teaching experience ranges from Grades 2-8, Chapter 1 Reading and Math, Eighth Grade Language Arts,  as well as Literacy Intervention.  The majority of my teaching career has been spent teaching middle school and 18 of my 25 years have been as a Literacy Intervention teacher.  For the past 13 years I have been a Silver Fox at Dutch Fork Middle School.

I have lived in the Columbia area for the past 22 years, but I am originally from Bennettsville, SC.  I married my high school sweetheart and we have been married for 28 years.  We have 2 children, Kirsten, 23 (a second year teacher in District 5) , and Drake, 17 (a senior in high school).