After standing in the wrong line at the job fair at the University of Oklahoma, I ended up starting a career in Human Resources Management. I was heavily involved in employee relations, business strategy partnership and staffing and corporate training and education for many years. However, I always had a desire to make my way back into an education classroom someday. With the encouragement of my family, I returned to school in pursuit of becoming an educator. I started as a substitute, then a long-term substitute all while completing my teaching post-bac program. I have an SEI endorsement and I am Spalding Certified. I was asked to continue in the classroom full time at the end of my long-term assignment, and so began my 4th grade teaching journey. I was thrilled at the opportunity to be a part of CUSD and the CTA Independence teaching community.  I have never looked back and have enjoyed the opportunity to fulfill my passion to become a teacher. My original plan was to teach jr. high or high school grades, and now in 6th grade, I am able to get my students' future ready for the upper grades.  How amazing it is that I get to be a small part of a child's path that they contribute to the world......