I grew up in Indiana and went to school at Purdue University were I received a bachelor's degree in environmental design and a master's in environmental analysis.  Upon graduation I worked for an architectural firm that specialized in the design of schools.

Fate and marriage took me to South Carolina and Hilton Head Island.  While raising a family, I became a part-time student at the University of South Carolina and received a bachelor's degree in early childhood education.  Later, I took two years of training with the Montessori Institute of America and received my 3-6 certification.

My own children attended the Sea Pines Montessori School on Hilton Head Island.  The school celebrated it's 40th anniversary in 2004.  Sea Pines Montessori has a student population of 250 in nine separate classrooms.  Each classroom has three teachers consisting of a Directress, an assistant and an aide.  The school also has a library, with a terraced story room, and a gymnasium.  Sea Pines Montessori has on staff a music teacher, and art teacher, and a librarian. I have been teaching at Sea Pines Montessori since 1997.