I began my college career at Elon College before transferring to High Point College.  I graduated from High Point with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Middle Grades Education and began teaching in 1991.  I have been working in the Randolph County School System since 2008.

I am currently enrolled at Appalachian State University to complete my Master's in Library Science.  

I have taught students from Kindergarten through 10th grade at one time or another in my career.  The majority of my time has been spent in Middle School, which I feel is "home" for me.  Throughout my classroom years, I have taught Language Arts, Reading, Science, and Social Studies.  

Learning never stops and education is constantly changing.  Being able to share new programs, new strategies, and a different view with students and teachers is a great pleasure.  As a Lead Instructional Teacher for 8 years, I have been able to do all three of those things.  With a move this year into the Media Center, I plan to continue my learning and continue sharing what I learn with both students and staff.  The Media Center and all that it entails offers a global view of the world through books as well as technology.   

The Media Center is definitely a bridge from our community to the surrounding communities and the big, wide world.  I hope to facilitate that  bridge so that teachers and staff, parents and students, and our community have access to information that makes each individual more knowledgeable and more aware of what is going on in the world, and how each person can use that knowledge to make an impact.  It truly "takes a village to raise a child" and working together with students, parents, teachers, and administrators allows me to be part of a student's village.