This is my eleventh year with CMCSS. It is my 20th year of teaching. I hold endorsements in the core curricular areas of elementary and middle school: math, science, social studies, and RLA. I also hold endorsements in Special Education and English as a Second Language. I received my Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Studies at California State University, San Bernardino. I earned my Masters Degree in Mental Health Counseling from Argosy University, Nashville. I am a California native, but have been a Tennessee resident for eighteen years. I have visited 26 of the 50 states and will eventually visit them all. I have one daughter, Melika, who works with youth in recovery and a granddaughter, Leighton, who just started the third grade. I participate and volunteer in several community activities and several nonprofit organizations in the Clarksville area usually with my soRHOrity. If you see me out and about, feel free to say "hi".