Welcome to our class. This will be my 13th year in public education. I completed my bachelors degree from UNCW in history and my masters degree from UNCG in International Studies. For seven years I taught here at SBHS. Five years ago I left South and took a job with Brunswick County Schools working as an instructional coach. For that amount of time I was helping classroom teachers with classroom instruction and curriculum. In addition to my career in public education, I am an adjunct professor with Strayer University. I teach onsite and online courses in history, sociology, and humanities. In the summer, I work for a week for the AP College Board grading free-response essays for the AP Psychology exam. As a social studies educator 9-16, I do my best to model active involvement in my community. I serve as the elected President of the North Carolina Council for the Social Studies. I have annual opportunities to lobby for social studies education both at the state and federal levels.

On a personal note, I am the proud mother of three beautiful girls and happily married. I enjoy gardening, attending higher education classes, going for bike rides, and just hanging out with the family.

I am so excited to be your teacher this year. It is important to me that we are always up and moving in the classroom and provided lots of opportunity to talk to one another. The more we can engage with each other, the more we will all learn :)