![]() ![]() I love teaching families to have fun together almost as much as I love being a Mathlete. I own and a series of informational websites for families in Kentucky. I live in Prospect, Ky with my husband, two children, and our dog. Currently, I am a doctoral student at the University of Louisville where I am studying Curriculum and Instruction as it relates to mathematics education. We celebrated being capable learners every day. My style was outside-the-box but it worked - it involved art, movement, music and more. I always taught the most struggling students and thus, I had to SELL math to them. ![]() I also taught both middle and high school math in the Chapel Hill schools in NC. While earning my Master's Degree, I performed education research on student outcomes and predictors of success. I taught math at Lake Highlands High School in Texas and I trained teachers from Texans Can! charter schools. But, my first mathematics course set me straight and led me to what I was always supposed to be - a teacher. When I entered college at Wake Forest University, I intended to be a doctor. Throughout high school and college, I still tutored. Back to tutoring: I used to walk to younger kids' homes when I was just 14 and tutor them in math. Exhibit A: Me and my bed head on a Nickelodeon quiz show in 1989.I won. I have been tutoring kids since I was a kid giving me 25+ years of experience.
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