I am a wife, mom, grandmother and retired reading teacher. My educational experience includes a Bachelor of Science from Emporia State University in Kansas, National Board Certification, and endorsements in Reading and English as a Second Language. I am also a certified Dyslexia Therapist, University of Arkansas, Little Rock. My interest in photography began as admiration for others' work, developing into learning basic photographic concepts through online classes, self-teaching and local photographic organizations. In Fall of 2021, my photograph "Dandelion" was included in the Walton Arts Center's "Let the Art Speak for Itself" exhibit, which shared art by artists in varying stages of accomplishment within their mediums, especially during the early Covid period.