Craigmont Middle School
3455 Covington Pike
Memphis, TN 38128

ABOUT YOUR TEACHER

DAD and MOM

     I was born and raised in Memphis, TN.
I graduated from Sheffield High School. I started my college career at Lambuth University in Jackson, TN with the hopes of becoming a Public Relations Specialist. I had always been good at math, but was a little intimidated by it. I was fortunate enough to have very good high school and college math teachers. I found that the college math courses were fun, so I decided to go into mathematics and engineering. I transferred to The University of Memphis to major in Electrical Engineering. I loved it!

     After graduating with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, I worked as an engineer for Terex Worldwide Distribution Center in Southaven, MS. I enjoyed my job which included computer programming, inventory control, maintenance supervision, customer service, and anything else that needed to be done. I even have a license to drive a forklift!

     Several parts of my job allowed me the opportunity to teach fellow workers. I loved this part of my job, and decided it was what I wanted to do fulltime. After about four years in the engineering profession, I decided to get my license to teach.

     I now have been teaching at Craigmont Middle School for several years. I love just about every minute of it.

I have made it my mission to not only help students understand the mechanics of math, but to develop an appreciation of the importance of mathematics.

     I come from a family of three children. I have one brother and one sister. My older sister has two sons and one daughter. My brother is younger than me. He was married to Heather on September 15, 2001.

                                        

I was married on a very icy day in January 1996. My husband is a regional manager of several music stores, and spends most of his time playing and building his many guitars or surfing the net. We both went to Sheffield High School. I have known him since seventh grade. In junior high I could not stand him! Wouldn't it be funny if that goofy boy or girl sitting next to you in math class ended up your husband or wife. It happened to me!

My husband and I have fifteen pets, two dogs, three cats, and ten fish. My dog is Fiver. I rescued her from the pound in 1997. She is a terrier mix. She is my baby. She weighs about 14.8 lbs - very little! My second dog was found running around in the school one morning!Well, his name is Geddy. He is a lot of fun and enormous! Clemente is the oldest. We got him the year we were married. He is one of our two black cats. My sister gave him to us. Rocky is my female black cat. I rescued her from under the dumpster at my old job in 1998. She is not very friendly, but she is sweet. That is her taking a flying leap onto Clemente. We call her Rocky because she can beat up any cat or DOG in the neighborhood even though she only weighs about 5 lbs.
My biggest cat is my youngest, Morris. He is an orange stripped tabby. He is a giant next to my other two. We rescued him out of our tree three times before we decided to make him our own. I got tired of calling people to climb up my tree. I also have eight Tetras and two algae eaters.


                    

HOBBIES

I like to do all sorts of things in my spare time.
My favorites are:

Going to movies Reading Going out to eat Going to amusement parks Crafting and sewing Walking my dogs Listening to music Going to the mall Watching TV Visiting with family Dancing and singing