Education

I graduated from Wilson High School in Florence, Alabama in 2004. I attended Auburn University at Montgomery, receiving my bachelor's degree in Secondary Education of English Language Arts in 2011 and my master's degree in 2015. Most recently, I achieved my National Board Certification in 2023. 

Experience

I completed my internship at Prattville Junior High School, so I have always been a "Cat" at heart. (Go Cats!) This is my twelfth year teaching at PJHS, but I still get excited to meet my new students each year. It never ceases to amaze me how they learn and grow as people each year.

Background

I grew up in Columbus, Indiana, and moved to the great state of Alabama during my junior year of high school. I have always loved literature and theatre and had an unusual appreciation for English grammar, so it was only natural that I pursue a career teaching English.

I met my husband in college in Montgomery, and we now have an incredible daughter in ninth grade at PHS, a precocious boy in seventh grade here at PJHS, a fearless boy in second grade at PPS, our cats Flower, Kitten, and Archie, and our sweet black lab Willow. We stay busy, but we love every chaotic minute. 

When I am not teaching, planning, or grading, I am playing board games with my children, reading, crocheting, or baking. I can be dramatic and love to tell corny jokes, so my students might kindly bear with me in those departments. I have high expectations of my students and myself, and I know this will be a great year if we can live up to those expectations together!