About Me

Originally from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, I grew up moving around often with my parents and four brothers and sisters. Eventually, Indianapolis, Indiana became my home. I attended Indiana University (Go Hoosiers!) where I majored in Human Development and Family Studies with minors in Psychology and Sociology. 

My Mississippi PreK Team

Upon graduation, I moved to a small town in Mississippi where I became a Pre-Kindergarten teacher -“Miss A”- to twenty little four year olds, and fell in love with early childhood education and my Delta family. Teaching is such hard work- it’s frustrating, rewarding, exhausting, energizing- it’s both intimidating and confidence building- all at the same time! Teaching is a privilege and an honor. In what other profession are you entrusted with someone’s most valuable possession, their little one, their heart- to love, support, and guide (in sometimes “first ever” experiences) in school? 

After three incredible years in Mississippi (with a new perspective on life, our education system and the Deep South), I moved to Charlotte, North Carolina and became “Miss A” to a precious group of Kindergarteners. While in Charlotte, I completed my National Board Certification with a focus in Early Childhood and began collaborating closely with a phenomenal group of new educators. It was during that year that I fell even more in love with teaching our youngest learners and began to crave the collaboration and camaraderie of working so closely with other educators. 

My North Carolina Kindergarten Team

In Mississippi, I learned that education (this work) is about “Team and Family”-Thank You Quitman County Elementary School-that perspective has stuck with me since my very first teaching experiences and is something that will stay with me forever. I believe this work is about togetherness, it's about collaboration, and it’s about doing the work that is by far the hardest, but the very best work-in support of one another. It's about doing our best, to be the very best, for the most incredible and deserving little ones. I carried those thoughts with with me to North Carolina and work diligently to emulate them here in Oklahoma as a teacher and instructional coach to 26 awe-inspiring, passionate and dedicated educators across Tulsa, of which I have the great honor and privilege of working with.

My Tulsa Team