My name is Tava Lobengilo.  I was born and raised in Milford, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati Ohio.  I am a HUGE Bengals fan (no matter how much we lose), and can be found waiting for Football season!!!  I come from a family of educators:  My Dad was an Elementary Principal for 40 years (in the same school - and it's now named after him), my Mom taught High School Business law, Typing and Accounting, my Grandmother was a teacher and my Grandfather was a Superintendant of schools!

I earned my Bachelor's of Science in Elementary Education, with a second Major in Spanish, from Morehead State University in Morehead, Kentucky.  I immediately was hired into Cincinnati Public Schools and taught in a bilingual 1st grade classroom.  I then went on to teach Kindergarten Immersion, 3rd Grade, 4-6th grade and then moved here to SC to teach at Blythe (and my husband is from here!)

I earned my Master's of Education in K-12 Spanish and Education from Xavier University (I also studied 2 summers in Spain to achieve this goal!)