I was born and raised in Southwestern Louisiana.  I moved to beautiful California to attend college and never left.

I was first introduced to Adapted Physical Education when I was a student at Foothill College. I took an Introduction to Adapted PE class and assisted in a few of the classes.  I loved it!  I worked as an assistant for the APE program for another year before transferring to California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California.  At Cal Poly, I earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Physical Education and Kinesiology with an emphasis in Adapted PE.

After college, I moved back to the San Francisco Bay Area and became an adjunct faculty member in Physical Education and Adapted Physical Education at Foothill College (in 1996) and at the College of San Mateo (in 2001).

I really enjoy working with CSM’s Adapted PE program. The students really encourage and support each other and the staff is great!

I love the outdoors—hiking, swimming, gardening and (on occasion) windsurfing.  I’m also an animal lover.  I have 3 cats and a reef tank with an assortment of fish, corals, hermit crabs, etc.