I began teaching "later" in life; I graduated from McKendree College in Southern Illinois in 1998. I teach eighth grade general science in Sedalia, Missouri, where I have been teaching for two years. I plan to begin working on my Master's in School Administration this fall. My husband is in the military so I have been fortunate enough to live several places around the globe. We lived in Okinawa from 1982-1985 and Germany in 1987-1991, as well as several states from Florida to Missouri in the past seventeen years. I have two children – Amber, who is fifteen and Zach, who is thirteen, and a Pomeranian named Sophie.