Professional Profile

• Over 22 years of experience  working with children in an educational setting

• Certified Educational Primary Specialist

• Certified Reading Therapist specializing in at risk-children

• State Certified Teacher pre-K to 12th Grade

• Eighteen years of classroom experience from pre-K to 12

• Five years as a professional reading therapist

• Four years of working in education with inner-city at-risk groups

Education

• Regent University

  • Masters in Education

• Florida Southern College

  • Elementary Education Certification

• Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL

  • Secondary Education Certification

• Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL

  • Political Science, Sociology, BA

   

Professional Certifications and Training

• State of Florida, Secondary Social Studies

• State of Florida, Elementary Education

• State of Florida, Primary Specialist

• Phono-Graphix Association of Reading Therapists

• NILD

Employment/Professional Development in Education

• Educational Therapist - Open Book, Northern Virginia

• Volunteer Reading Therapist, STEP Foundation of Greater Washington, D.C.

• Director of Education, Restore Orlando, Orlando, Florida

• Elementary Teacher, The Geneva School, Orlando, FL

• Member of School Board, Pine Castle Christian Academy, Orlando, FL

• Elementary Teacher, Pine Castle Christian Academy, Orlando, FL

• Teacher, Compensatory Education, Hiawassee Elementary, Orlando, FL

• Parent/Teacher, Winter Park Parent-Child Co-op Valencia Community College

• Secondary Teacher, Social Studies, Mid Florida Technical School