I am a graduate of Appalachian State University and have a true passion for educating students.  Seeing success on a students' face is the most rewarding experience an educator can have.  I am a firm believer in positive behavior and the success students make being rewarded.  It is important for our students to have positive praise for the achievements they achieve from both teachers and parents.  This will be my sixteenth year teaching at S. Ray Lowder.   I taught third grade for  six years , first grade for three years, one year in second, and this will be my sixth year in fourth grade.  On a more personal note, I live in Lincolnton with my husband, Kyle.  He is also a teacher in Lincoln County.  He teaches 8th Grade at West Lincoln Middle School.  I have an eleven-year-old little girl named Kyleigh.  I enjoy working out and being involved in my church.