About+me......

I swore off computers at the age of 16 when I took a #|computer programming class with the TRS-80 computer. I got an F on my semester project because I never got the program to run. I decided that since failure wasn't an option, the best I could do was to avoid anything that had to do with computers. I spent a greater part of my adult life avoiding them... I was in the Army when they made me start typing reports on these big green boxes...then they started putting putting maps on these green boxes. When I got out of the Army, I went to work for the government in Germany. My boss gave me my very own computer with a program called DBASE III on it. The unit went to the field and I had one month to learn how to use it. And then, there was Harvard Graphics. I had to prepare briefings and print them on acetate sheets. This was just about the time that the internet was coming to use. I was now a novice...I knew just enough about computers to check to see if there was unauthorized or bootleg programs on the systems. I came back to the US in 1992. I got a computer and a Compuserve account. I graduated from the #|University of Arizona in 1994. I taught 5 years years before I ever had a computer in my classroom and it was donated by a family who had a computer business. It was pretty exciting and it changed the way I looked at education. I have been growing and changing ever since.

Teaching Credentials- Technology Integration Specialist at Col. Johnston Elementary K,1 and 2nd grade teacher- 1994-2011- Huachuca City School and Col Johnston Elementary

Education BA- ED University of Arizona 1994 MA- Special Education- 2000

Dual Certified- Certified K-8 Cross- Categorical Special Education

National Board Certified Teacher- Early Childhood Generalist

Cochise County Teacher of the Year- 2009 Finalist for AZ Rural Teacher of the Year 2009