I graduated from San Bernardino High School in 1992, then attended California State University, San Bernardino.  I graduated from CSUSB in 1997 with degrees in English and Liberal Studies.  I have a multiple subject credential which allows me to teach elementary school.  I also have a single subject credential in English.  In 2018, I returned to college to obtain a master's in Library Media Services and Technology from Azusa Pacific University.  I completed my masters in July, 2019.  I have a credential in Library Media Services.  It is my hope to become a librarian at the secondary level.

I began teaching in July of 1998 at Rio Vista Elementary in San Bernrdaino City Unified School District. In September of 1999, I was hired to teach in Redlands Unified School District.  I have taught English in grades 6th through 12th at Moore Middle School, Cope Middle School and the last ten years at Orangewood High School.