I teach ELA at McNairy Central High School and have taught as an adjunct instructor for The University of Tennessee at Knoxville and Martin. I have consulted as a Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) assessment reviewer and have worked in Core Coach, an Instruction Partners content coach, an ELA content curator for the Tennessee Digital Learning Project, and an independent unit curriculum designer for Odell Education. I was selected as one of five 2020 Tennessee Education Leaders Fellows for TDOE, writing ELA activities for grades 6-12 state standards. I served as a one-year SCORE teacher leadership fellow and a two-year Hope Street Group teacher fellow advocating for educational policy reform in Tennessee. I have worked in administrative positions for the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth gifted student program in Hong Kong and Fort Worth. I hold degrees in English and education, and I am currently a doctoral candidate in education at Lipscomb University with a concentration in Learning Organizations and Strategic Change.