I graduated from Labette County High School in 1990. I received my Bachelor or Science in Education in Social Studies degree from Pittsburg State University in 2003. That fall, until present I taught at Independence High School in the Social Studies Department. In 2006 I earned a Masters in American History from Pittsburg State University, while working full time. In 2014 I earned a Masters in Leadership Education from Pittsburg State University. I decided to wait to look for administration jobs until my children had graduated from high school. My husband, Chad, and I have been married for 20+ years and we have five children between us, Nick, Emily, Madison, Abigail and Myles. Three of which have graduated from PSU (#OAGAAG) and Myles will transfer to PSU in the spring. We also have two dogs and two cats.