I am entering my 23nd year in the classroom.  I have taught in Marlboro County, Lexington District 2, and have spent the last 17 years of my career in Lexington Richland District 5.  My teaching experience ranges from Grades 2-8, Chapter 1 Reading and Math, as well as Literacy Intervention.  The majority of my teaching career has been spent teaching middle school and 16 of my 23 years have been as a Literacy Intervention teacher.  For the past 11 years I have been a Silver Fox at Dutch Fork Middle School.

I have lived in the Columbia area for the past 20 years.  I married my high school sweetheart and we have been married for 26 years.  We have 2 children, Kirsten, 21, and Drake, 15.