B.A. in English from the University of Texas at Austin

Texas and New Jersey State Teacher Certification

Former Peace Corps Volunteer in Sierra Leone

Thirty-two years’ teaching experience; twenty in Sierra  Leone; twelve in Texas

One of fifteen participants in 1994 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Seminar at Wellesley College, studying Classic Caribbean Literature

Author of ‘That Place We Call Home’; English in Texas; Fall/Winter 2001; ‘The Power of Inclusion’; English in Texas; Fall/Winter 2002

Board of Directors for the Robert Smalls Legacy Foundation, Inc.