I am a married mother of four. My husband is also an educator in the College of Business at Florida State University. We have four children with the two oldest in their 40's, two in their 20's, and one still in college. I have always had a passion for working with children and wanted to be a teacher since I was a young child. I started teaching at Killearn Lakes Elementary following my husband's retirement from the USAF in 2006. I spent 12 of those years teaching kindergarten, 2 years teaching fourth grade, making this my 4th year teaching first grade. I have also taught in New Mexico, Virginia, and Colorado.