I was born and raised in Webster Groves, Missouri a suburb of St. Louis. I moved to Atlanta in 2002, and finished my bachelor's degree in History and Sociology at Georgia State University. I went back to GSU to complete my Masters in Teaching. I then spent five and a half years I have honing my teaching skills at Sequoyah Middle School. I taught 6th grade Social Studies for five of those years. This will be my sixth year teaching at Kittredge. I am married and have a 9 year old daughter, Olive, and a 6 year old son, Freddie.