Many of you know that I live in Bloomington. My husband, Rafael, is studying music composition at IU to earn his doctorate degree. He has been in college for eleven years now!!! We have a beautiful daughter, Novlyne Renee and our new baby, Ulysses James. I spend most of my free time with Novlyne doing four year old things like painting, having tea parties, and going to the park.
We have a cat named Allegro (a musical term meaning fast). She used to be fast when she was a kitten, now she just meows a lot!
This is my ninth year of teaching music (my fourth year
at Hall). I graduated from Green Run High School in Virginia Beach,
VA in 1992. I studied Music Education for four years at Longwood
College in Farmville, VA. I graduated from Longwood in 1996 and got
my first teaching job in Louisa County, VA where I taught for two years.
I also taught for three years in Austin, TX before coming to Indiana.
Interesting facts about Me:
~ I was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ~
~ My daughter, Novlyne, was born on 9/9/99. ~
~ My son, Ulysses James, was born on 1/30/04 ~
~ I have played the flute since I was in the fourth grade. ~
~ I like to cross stitch, although I don't get to do it very often. ~
~ I have one older brother, John, and two younger sisters, Denise and Dawn. ~
~ While teaching in Austin, my choir got to perform for and meet President Clinton. ~
~ My sister, Denise, just had my first niece on the Fourth of July. Her name is Kayla Rae. ~
~ I was on the Today Show on April 4, 2000. Al Roker came and talked to Novlyne and I. ~
~ My family and I lived in Japan for three years while I was young. I don't remember a thing! ~
~ I used to have a huge St. Bernard that my mom named
Fancy.
Fancy used to like to eat Skittles! ~
