I received a Bachelor of Science degree from Morgan State College (now Morgan State University) in 1972; a Master of Education degree from Western Maryland College (now McDaniel College) in 1983; and a Doctor of Education degree from the University of Maryland College Park in 1999 in the area of education policy, planning, and administration.
I completed a 39-year career in the Carroll County Public School system as a classroom teacher at William Winchester and Westminster Elementary Schools, a Title I Resource Teacher, Assistant Principal of Eldersburg Elementary School, and Principal of Taneytown, William Winchester, and Friendship Valley Elementary Schools.