Undergraduate Degree - Grambling State University / BS Computer Science

Graduate Degree - Samford University / Master's in Business Administration

Teaching Certification - University of Alabama, Birmingham

Born and raised in northeastern Louisiana

Educated in the public school system.  Completed high school in three years and graduated valedictorian of her junior class.

Received a full academic scholarship to Grambling State University.  Spent a semester working for IBM in Endicott, NY.  Graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.S. in Computer Science, minor in Mathematics. Had job offers from IBM and AT&T.   Hired by AT&T Bell Laboratories in Naperville, IL as a System tester and later worked as on-site technical support for several of their major corporate customers.

Relocated with AT&T/Lucent Technologies and received a Master's in Business Administration from Samford University in Birmingham, AL.

Completed certification for an Alabama teaching certificate from University of Alabama, Birmingham.