I was born in Washington D.C.  Soon after I was born my father, mother, three brothers, and I packed up and moved to Atlanta, Georgia.  After three years in Georgia we found our way back to the Washington D.C. area.  While I was in elementary school our permanent residence became Fenwick Island, Delaware.  My mother, a school teacher, worked in the Indian River School District while my father commuted from Washington on weekends from his work with The Central Intelligence Agency.  I graduated from Indian River High School in 1986 and went on to attend college.  In 1990, I graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing. After graduation, I moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to attend The Philadelphia Institute of Paralegal Training.  Upon completion of the paralegal program I was hired as a benefits consultant for the accounting firm Coopers and Lybrand.  I stayed at Coopers and Lybrand for a little over a year and then decided to embark on a career that would allow me to work more closely with people.  I left Philadelphia and enrolled in Salisbury University’s School of Education.  In 1994, I graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education.  In 1996, I was hired as a second grade teacher at Long Neck Elementary School.  Becoming an educator was one of the best decisions of my life!  In 2000, I received a Master of Instruction from The University of Delaware.  In 2003, I made another wonderful decision when I married my husband, Shay.  Shay and I now have son, Niland, who is most definitely our little miracle! 

In the twelve years that I have been a teacher at Long Neck, I have had the opportunity to work with exceptional educators.  I once read that if you want to be better at what you do then you should surround yourself with people who are great at what you do.  I believe that has been my experience here at Long Neck Elementary.  I have learned and continue to learn so much from my colleagues!  I feel honored to be selected Long Neck’s teacher of the year and will certainly do my best in representing such an outstanding school!