About Me.

I have over 10 years of experience working with first generation, low income students and their families in several school districts. I have worked for both a state GEAR UP grant and partnership GEAR UP grant in North Carolina and South Carolina. As a license North Carolina Principal Administrator and Teacher, I completed my school-based clinical administrative residency through the Piedmont Triad Leadership Academy (PTLA) with the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. PTLA was a federally funded initiative by the NC Race to the Top grant that allowed me the opportunity to learn through action-learning leadership to improve curriculum and instruction in high needs schools. I have presented at the National GEAR UP Conference on “Moving from Boredom to Engagement” as participates engaged in several research based instructional strategies. I believe in "Transforming Teachers to Leaders and Leaders to Agents of Change" and am committed to the work of doing what is best for children. Recently, I published my first book "Why Did My Pastor Have to Die? The Pain of letting go" that discussed the pain of a loss of a pastor but finding the hope of destiny on the other side of the loss

EDUCATION

Post Master Certification in School Administration, 2012
Master of Arts in Teaching in Technology Education, 2011
48 Credit Hours in Counseling Education 
36 Credit Hours in Curriculum and Instruction 
Master of Science in Vocational Industrial Education, 2003
Bachelor of Science in Occupational Safety and Health, 2001
EXPERIENCE / SKILLS
  • Visionary                                                                   
  • School Administrator 
  • Program Developer                                                    
  • Project Manager/Director
  • Program Coordinator                                                  Relationship Builder  
AWARDS / RECOGNITION
  • Scholarship Winner for the Kagan Professional Development Summer Academy on Instructional Leadership (July 2015)
  • Covenant Churches and Ministries International School of Ministry and Leadership Institute License (January 2015)
  • Published in “The PEAK” a NC GEAR UP student newsletter (2012)
  • Local GEAR UP Grant Recipient ($500) (2011)
  • Recipient of the Piedmont Triad Leadership Academy, full time administration internship (2011)
  • Certified True Colors Facilitator