I started teaching in 1982 at a public school in Corpus Christi, Texas. I stayed in Corpus for 6 years and then moved to Port Aransas Independent School District and completed a Master's degree at  TAMU-Corpus Christi. I worked at PAISD for 11 years.

We moved to Oklahoma and I worked 2 years in elementary and 2 years in high school.  During this time, I completed my second Master's degree in Administration and Curriculum & Instruction at Oklahoma State University.   In 2003, I became a certified Educational Diagnostician completing 12 more years in education.

In 2015, I became the Assistant Principal at Our Lady of Victory Catholic School and stayed there for 7 years.  In June of 2022, I started my adventure as Principal of St. Michael's. This begins my 38th year in education. I was able to take 3 years off to be a stay at home mom.