Building Healthy Families

North Carolinians, including limited resource individuals/ families, will improve the quality of their lives through
eating healthy, being active, handling food safely, managing resources for food security, and practicing health promoting behaviors.

Building Strong Families

Families, including those with limited resources, and those who work with families will gain knowledge
and practice skills to provide safer more nurturing environments, to aid in stress management, and to affect positive aging.

Fostering Resiliency for Families in Transition

North Carolinians, including those with limited resources, will develop skills and strategies to manage effectively their personal finances through expected and unexpected economic change and life events.

Developing Leadership and Community Capacity

Individuals and groups will take action to maximize development and use of community resources leading to improve quality of life for all families.

EDUCATION:

MAEd, Health Education, East Carolina University

MAEd, Early Childhood Education, University of Alabama in Birmigham

BS, Elementary Education, George Peabody College for Teachers

EXPERIENCE:

Present:

Extension Agent, with areas of responsibilities in nutrition, health and the aging.

Past:

ECU, health education instructor

Kinston Children's Clinic, patient education facilitator

Birmingham City Schools, 3^rd grade teacher

Vestavia Hills City Schools, 6^th grade and 8^th grade teacher

Huntsville City Schools, 5^th grade teacher

Manchester County Schools., 5^th grade teacher