I am entering my 27th year in the classroom.  I have taught in Marlboro County, Lexington District 2, and have spent the last 20 years of my career in Lexington Richland District 5.  My teaching experience ranges from Grades 2-8, Chapter 1 Reading and Math,  Literacy Intervention, and  Eighth Grade Language Arts.  I am returning to seventh grade ELA this year.  The majority of my teaching career has been spent teaching middle school and 16 of my 26 years were as a  Literacy Intervention teacher. For the past 15 years, I have been a Silver Fox at Dutch Fork Middle School.

I have lived in the Columbia area for the past 25 years, but I am originally from Bennettsville, SC.  I married my high school sweetheart and we have been married for 30 years.  We have 2 children, Kirsten, 25, a fourth year teacher in District 5, and Drake, 19,  a second year student at Midlands Tech.