End-to-end ownership
Diagnose the problem, build the fix, prove the impact with data. The systems are designed to outlast her: the coaching playbook ran for two years after she moved on, and the dashboards run themselves.
About
Diagnose the problem.
Build the fix. Prove it.
Fifteen years in K-12 education, all of it hands-on: from an 8th-grade English classroom in the Mississippi Delta to the senior instructional-technology seat in a 57-school Alabama district. The pattern never changed, only the scale.
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The arc
- 2011 - 2013Teach For America · Greenville, Mississippi
Taught roughly 230 8th-grade ELA students at Coleman Middle School, and was district-recognized for leading students to the district's highest language-arts score on the state assessment.
- 2013 - 2016Metro Nashville Public Schools, while earning the Vanderbilt M.Ed.
Roughly 380 students at Bailey STEM Magnet. A Tennessee Level 5 educator by year two; in the final year, a multiclassroom literacy leader managing 8 teachers, writing the lesson plans delivered across their classes, and running weekly data meetings.
- 2016 - 2020Shelby County Schools · Chelsea Middle
Roughly 480 students of 7th and 8th grade ELA. District Secondary Teacher of the Year, 2019-20. Wrote and won five grants, built a school-wide advisory site used by about 60 teachers and 1,200 students, and got a first taste of technology leadership.
- 2020 - 2023Jefferson County Schools · Instructional Technology Coach
Sole technology coach for all 57 sites at the district's one-to-one launch. Built the coaching playbook the team still used two years after she left. Concurrently coached 12 first-year TFA teachers across Alabama's Black Belt in nightly virtual sessions.
- 2023 - 2024Mountain Brook Schools · Technology Coordinator
Built a NIST-based security training program that took the school from the highest phishing-click rate in the district to the lowest in one year. Authored the district's 10-year classroom-technology refresh plan. Launched Circool, a school-event ticketing platform, first in the district.
- 2024 -Jefferson County Schools · Assistant Director of Instructional Technology
The district's senior instructional-technology seat, reporting to the Executive Director of Technology, leading an 8-person team of coaches and integration specialists. The builds on the Work page all live here.
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How she works
Data does the persuading
Brought the coaching dashboard into Title II budget meetings and kept federally funded positions with it. Leads with the reasoning, not the rule, even when the conversation is uncomfortable.
The expert in the room
The point person on research, tool vetting, and process design: constantly evaluating products, giving vendors direct feedback at conferences, and turning evaluation into adoption decisions.
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Credentials & recognition
Education & certifications
- M.Ed., Secondary English Language Arts, Vanderbilt University, magna cum laude
- B.A., English, Distinction in Leadership Studies, Birmingham-Southern College, cum laude
- Alabama CTO Academy (ALET), 2025 cohort
- Project Unicorn Emerging Leaders, 2025 cohort
- CCRE, Certified Cybersecurity Rubric Evaluator
- Google Certified Innovator (Chicago 2024), Trainer, Educator L1 & L2
- Gemini Certified Educator · MagicSchool AI Pioneer L1-L3
- ViewSonic Certified Graduate L1-L3 & Authorized Trainer
- ALTIC, Alabama Technology Integration Coach, Echo Cohort
Awards & grants
- ALSDE Chiquita Marbury Technology Innovation Award, statewide, 2018
- District Secondary Teacher of the Year, Shelby County Schools, 2019-20
- Owens-Young Technology Innovation Award, district, 2018
- Echoes & Reflections fellowship, $5,000, one of about 25 selected internationally
- Voya Unsung Heroes grant, $2,000 · Smithsonian Digital Learning Lab, $1,000
- Holocaust Educators Network / TOLI, $1,000 · Alabama Literacy Association, $500