The 2018-2019 school year is my second year at Valley Springs.   I am the Valley Springs Elementary Counselor for grade K-4. 

My education career has included teaching in grades 4 and 5.   I also have 8 years of experience in Gifted and Talented Education.   14 years of my career have been in counseling.   I have  worked with emotionally disturbed childen in an elementary alternative classroom.   My career began in east central Arkansas where I taught gifted students in 4 small school districts including Clarendon, Holly Grove, Marvell and Barton.   I left the state for a short period of time and taught 4^th grade in Kentucky.  I spent one year in the Dollarway School district when we moved back to Arkansas counseling and teaching gifted students.   In 1993, we moved to Carroll County where I began teaching at Green Forest.   While there, I taught 4^th and 5^th grade and gifted and talented.   I spent 8 years as Elementary Counselor and started an alternative program for emotionally disturbed children.  I also worked with high school students at Alpena in an alternative program.   I was elementary counselor at Alpena for 4 years.

I have been married to my husband Tony for 33 years.   I have 2 adult daughters, Nicole and Jordan.   Nicole is the proud mommy of 6 energetic kiddos.   

Tony and I have recently relocated to the Valley Springs area.   We have a beagle named Sadie and a cat named Steve that are in charge!!

I love flea market shopping and making old things new again.   Crafting is also a hobby of mine and I love to visit craft shows.