I was born in Arlington, VA due to my family's history in government work in the DC area.  Although, when my grandparents retired to Florida, my parents followed when I was four years old.  I grew in South Daytona, FL until meeting my husband in 2001 when I decided to 'give Elkins, WV a try'.   I now have lived in WV for 12 years!

What do I do?  I strive for a life filled with a variety, achievement and balance... so here's what I do to 'try' to achieve that.

• I am a mother of 3 children (two daughters age 8 & 6 and a 2 year old son).  
• Assist my children in several extra curricular activities and volunteer in some.  
• soccer coach- 5th season
• gymnastics boosters fundraising volunteer 
• PTO Treasurer
• Religious education teacher- 8th & 9th 
• Substitute teacher- Randolph County Schools
• Teaching Certificate in Business Education & Marketing Eduction
• Graduate Student- Masters in Education, Digital Media through Fairmont State University
• Train for marathons
• Read (and visit with my book club)
• Play in two summer softball leagues
• Ski
• Travel
• Etc!!

In this class I hope to learn more about the media and how they chose to write stories.  I hope to incorporate media literacy and digital story telling information that may be eye opening to students in a variety of high school business education and marketing education lessons.  Additionally, just like with most everything I learn, I hope to share information about digital media with my children to help them interpret it.