My mother was a principal My grandmother was a teacher My great-grandfather was a teacher
School and County Recognitions
2021-2023 GCPS K-12 Theatre Co-Lead Teacher
2020-2021 Discovery High School Teacher of the Year
2018-Current Discovery High School Fine Arts Department Chair 2018-2019 Teachers as Leaders
2017-Current Discovery New Teacher Mentor 2014-2015 LMS Teacher of the Year Nominee
2014-2016 LMS Connections Department Chair
2013-2015 GCPS Middle School Theatre Arts Lead Teacher
2009-2010 LMS Teacher of the Year Nominee
2008-2009 LMS Teacher of the Year Nominee
PAST PRODUCTIONS
Once on This Island Jr. (April 2018) Once Upon a Time (March 2018) Beware the Jabberwock (December 2017) The Ice Wolf (November 2017) We Will Rock You: School Edition (April 2017) Kaliedoscope (November 2016) The Tempest (May 2016) Still Life with Iris (April 2016) Once on This Island Jr. (January 2016) Improv Night (November 2015) SchoolHouse Rock LIVE! Jr. (March 2015) How I Survive Jr. High (Feb. 2015) All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten(December 2014) Fairytale T.V. (May 2014) The Trial of the Big Bad Wolf (May 2014) The Wizard of Oz (May 2014) The Phantom Tollbooth Jr. (April 2014) James and the Giant Peach (December 2013) Beware the Jabberwock (December 2013) Something's Rotten in the State of Denmark (2012-2013) Romeo and Juliet's Excellent Working Relationship(2012-2013) Stirring Up Trouble(2012-2013) A Midsummer Night's Dream(2012-2013) As You Like It(2012-2013) Macbeth(2012-2013) Dear Edwina Jr.(2012-2013) This Is a Test (2011-2012) The Monsters on Sycamore Street (2011-2012) Space Cadets(2011-2012) Seussical Jr.(2011-2012) The Masque of the Red Death (2011-2012) A Poetic Nightmare (2011-2012) The Tell-Tale Heart(2011-2012) Dorothy Meets Alice or The Wizard of Wonderland (2010-2011) Into the Woods Jr.(2010-2011) Petruchka(2010-2011) The Princess Who Believed Everything(2010-2011) The Trial of the Big Bad Wolf(2010-2011) Aesop's Open Auditions(2010-2011) The Monsters are Due on Maple Street Monster Journals Concepts of Sound (2010) School House Rock Live! Jr. (2009) All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten This is a Test (2009) Once on This Island Jr.(2008) The Oval Portrait(2008) The Masque of the Red Death(2008) The Mechanicals Play(2007) Dude! Who Stole My Bag(2007) Into the Woods Jr. (2005) Concepts of Sound (2004) School House Rock Jr. (2004)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Discovery High School 2016-Current Theatre Fundamentals Musical Theatre Production Acting I Children's Theatre Peer Leadership Examining the Teaching Profession 11th Grade Language Arts
Lilburn Middle School Theatre Arts 2007-2016
Bowling Green State University: Horizon Youth Theatre Summer 2007 (Production Workshop and Improvisation)
Bowling Green State University Humanities Troupe: Theatre for Community Diversity and Change Spring 2007
Bowling Green State University Treehouse Troupe: Theatre for young people Spring 2007
Bowling Green State University Horizon Youth Theatre Summer 2006
J.E. Richards Middle School Theatre Arts 2003-2005
South Forsyth High School Theatre Arts Long-Term Sub Spring 2003