This is my 10th year teaching.  I am married and I have 3 grown children (twin girls--Bethany & Stephany who are 26 now and Tristan who is 21).  Bethany and her husband Army Sgt. Britten Pickens just blessed me with my beaufiful granddaughter, Olivia, back in May, 2018.  She is the joy of my life. 

I spent the first three years teaching middle school 6th, 7th, and 8th grade English, English Language Arts and Reading.  I taught Remedial Reading to 8th graders to help them pass the 8th grade reading STAAR test.  I am teaching high school for the first time and it is my first time teaching Special Education and I am very excited!  I also look forward to teaching at the calibur of school that Gainesville High School is.