I have been teaching 5th Grade at Belton Elementary School since 2007. I  attended Belton Elementary School as a 4th and 5th grader! I graduated from Belton-Honea Path High School and went on to Erskine College in Due West, SC, where I completed my Bachelor's Degree in Psychology with a minor in Sociology. I attended the Univerisity of South Carolina-Upstate, where I certified in Elementary Education. In 2014, I graduated with my Master's Degree from Concordia Univsersity in Curriculum & Instruction with an empahsis in Reading Specialist. In 2023 I earned my National Board Certification in Literacy: Reading and Language Arts in Early and Middle Childhood. I am so glad to be a part of the BES family!