* Born and raised in Lakewood, Ohio (a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio)

* Happily married for 33 years

* Awarded Outstanding English Student award

* Grauated from John Carroll University, University Heights, Ohio

* Graduated with a 3.8 G.P.A. in the top 6% of my class

* Accepted into the National Jesuit Honor Society - Alpha Sigma Nu

* Taught English and reading for 16 years at a private middle school in

        Westlake, Ohio, a suburb of Clevlenad

* Moved to Ocala in fall of 2012

*  Taught English and reading at Belleview Middle School for the past five years

*  Have been a teacher for the past 25 years