I am in my 13^th year of teaching 5^th grade reading and language arts at Higgins Elementary.  

Before that, I spent two years teaching 7^th grade English and writing in a neighboring district.

I have been married to Kerry since 1995.  He is a teacher as well as a classical pianist.  We have two daughters, Sam and Alex.  Sam is in her second year of law school at the University of Pennsylvania, and Alex is a junior, applied math major at the University of Texas in Dallas.