Educational History:

BA in English from University of Mary Washington; MA in Children’s Literature from Hollins University; in-process MA in English from Southern New Hampshire University; Secondary Education coursework through University of Virginia at Wise

Professional Highlights:

• Golden Gavel: Excellence in Teaching recipient 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022
• National Honor Society Inductee Ceremony Speaker November 2019
• Nominated for Pushcart Award (in poetry) 2017
• YARN Literary Magazine poetry publication April 2017
• The Most Important Tuesday at Carbuncle Elementary School (self-published, middle reader) August 2016
• Shenandoah University’s Children’s Literature Conference (small group presenter) 2012-2016

Quote:

Beauty is the creator of the universe. –Ralph Waldo Emerson