I grew up in a small town and went to school at the same school from K-12.  I was salutatorian of my class and attended Tyler Junior College and the University of Texas on a Presidential scholarship.  I got married when I was 19 and had my first daughter when I was 21.  I worked as a waitress while going to school to become a teacher.  I quit college when I became pregnant with my daughter and worked as an adminstrative assistant for a meat packing company.  When my daughter turned three, I went back to school and graduated with a bachelor's degree in interdiscinplary studies.   I became certified to teach and began my career at a very small school as a high school English teacher and HS coach.  I left that school a year later to take a job as a special education teacher at a larger school, 25 miles away.  I worked there for 4 years until I became pregnant with my second daughter.  I resigned my job and took a 6 month leave of absence from work.  I returned at Christmas to take a retiring teacher's position until the end of the school year.  I interviewed for a job at the school that I attended as a child and was offered a position at the Intermediate School.  I have been at Harmony ever since and this is my

6th year.