* Pioneer Central High School--Yorkshire, N.Y.--Class Salutatorian

* Pennsylvania State University--Bachelor's in English Literatire and Creative Writing (Double Major.) Graduated Magna Cum Laude

* Edinboro University--Teaching Certificates in English, Safety Education, and Business/Computer Education.

* Ohio State University--MA in Rhetoric and Composition.

* Walden University--MS in Education. 

* 15 years at GHS

* 2 years at Penn State, teaching Creative Writing and Women's Studies

* 2 years at Ohio State, teaching Freshman Composition

I live in Jamestown, on Pymatuning Lake, with family. We have a little farm with 20 chickens, two dogs, two cats, and some waterfowl.When I'm not teaching, I ride my bike around the lake, read, renovate another room in my farmhouse, or go canoeing or boating.