I ATTENDED RICHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL (CLASS OF 1988) IN RICHLANDS, VA WHERE I PLAYED FOOTBALL,  BASEBALL, WRESTLED AND THREW SHOT AND DISCUS.

AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, I  ATTENDED THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY ​PREPARATORY SCHOOL ​AND VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE (CLASS OF 1993).

​I  GRADUATED FROM WALDEN UNIVERSITY AND RADFORD UNIVERSITY, WHERE I RECEIVED A MASTERS IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN INTERDISCIPLINARY  EDUCATION, RESPECTIVELY. 

I AM A MEMBER OF THE SIGMA CHI INTERNATIONAL FRATERNITY (KAPPA ZETA).

​THIS IS MY THIRTIETH YEAR IN MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATION. I HAVE ALSO TAUGHT IN FOUR OTHER SCHOOL SCHOOLS: CAVE SPRING JR. HIGH,  RICHLANDS MIDDLE, TAZEWELL MIDDLE AND MARION MIDDLE. PROUD TO BE A BEARCAT!