I am excited to be supporting the staff and students of Hough High School this year as media coordinator. While this is my first job as a high school librarian, I have worked in elementary libraries since 2005. The past eleven years were at Cornelius Elementary, where many Hough students once attended.

I grew up in southwestern Pennsylvania but moved to the Carolinas in 1988. I attended Winthrop University in South Carolina for both my undergraduate and graduate degrees. I have taught in South Carolina and Ohio, as well as 4 other schools in CMS.

I live in Cornelius with my husband, son, and rescue dog. My daughter, now 20, was a member of the Hough graduating class of 2019. My son, 12, will attend Hough beginning in 2024. I spend my free time reading (audiobooks, usually), exercising, cooking, doing crosswords, streaming media, and knitting.