This is my leadership journey. Before we know it, our day one fades into day 14,000, and we forget where we began, the rocky road, or the experiences that shaped us as leaders. This site is meant to capture my journey, and therefore, I am transparent about the mistakes and blunders along the way. I enjoy collaboration with my peers, so feel free to connect with me. In fact, most of these blogs start with the early years, when I was in my leadership infancy. There are major gaps in my posts, updates, and blogs — well, that's just life for you. I am happy to expose the mistakes I made, not only because they could potentially help others in their journey, but also because I believe that a journey without mistakes prevents us from growing into the capable leaders we can become. I embrace obstacles and recognize that each one is an opportunity for self-evaluation and growth.

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I believe that working with children is the greatest gift we are given. When the world leaves you with questions or the “good” seems to be lost, you always have children to turn to, to restore your faith in love, the world, and the future. Children show us the best the world has to offer.

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I have been so blessed to work alongside the most incredible, selfless, dedicated, and intelligent individuals in the world. Teachers leave it all on the field for children every single day. Being an educator is not just a job or a career—rather, it becomes who we are. The fabric of our DNA is defined by our ability to teach and by the gift we are given to work with children every day.

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My teachers and staff hear me relentlessly say, “I work for children.” This is the most honest thing I can tell you about myself. Growing up, I attended 13 schools in 12 years, and it truly did require the proverbial village to raise me. The influence that shaped me came from strangers, friends, community members, church members, and extended family. I did not grow up conventionally, and I am better for it—though I didn’t always believe this. The blessings in my obstacles have given me the opportunity to influence today’s youth and tomorrow’s leaders in a very different way. They gave me the gift of appreciation and dedication to all children.

I didn’t connect with a teacher. I didn’t have a guidance counselor talk to me about my post-secondary options. I worked full time my senior year, and graduating felt like a means to an end—or so I thought. It was divine intervention that pushed me from deep within to go back to school and find my calling, which brought me full circle to becoming an educator who held strong beliefs about who is truly qualified to stand in front of children.