About Me

The schools that I attended were Runnelstown and Petal Schools. I am a 1985 graduate of Petal High School.

After high school, I attended Jones County Junior College in Ellisville, Mississippi.

In 1990, I graduated with my teaching degree from the University of West Florida. I hold a license to teach general science, biology, social studies, and English in secondary schools (7-12).  

After transferring to the Gulf Coast from North Dakota, I began teaching general science at Biloxi Junior High in 2004.

My husband is a retired member of the Air Force. We have two adult children and two English bulldogs.

We have been stationed in Florida, Alaska, and North Dakota.

I graduated from William Carey University with a Masters Degree in Education in 2008.

**Member of the MST Science Item and Data Review Committees

Awards and Grants:

*2006-2007 Biloxi Chamber of Commerce's Secondary Teacher of the Year

*2006 Biloxi First Grant recipient for Science Alive

*2007 Biloxi First Grant recipient for Weather or Knot

*2008 Donor's Choose grant recipient for Discover Simple Machines

*2008 Biloxi First Grant recipient for The Genetics of Our Lives

*2009 Donor's Choose grant recipient for Let's See Inside

*2009 Donor's Choose grant recipient for Science in Action

*2009 Donor's Choose grant recipient for Genes of Science

*2009 Biloxi First Grant recipient for From Circuits to Generators

*2009 Biloxi First Grant recipient for Weather Technology: Traditional vs. Modern

*2009 Donor's Choose grant recipient for Measuring Up in Science

*2010 Donor's Choose grant recipient for Water Quality Testing

*2010 Donor's Choose grant recipient for Reading About Science

*2010 Donor's Choose grant recipient for Science Through A Lens

*2011 Biloxi First Grant recipient for Making Connections Through Science Literacy