I was raised in the Shenandoah valley and graduated from Page County High School in 1974. I graduated from the University of Virginia in 1978 with a B.A. in psychology. I received my MEd from U.Va. in 1986. My most recent academic accomplishments include two master degrees and a PhD in theology from Trinity College of the Bible and Seminary conferred in 2011. I have three wonderful daughters, three grand sons ages 4, 3, and 1 and a new born granddaughter. This is my thirty-second year teaching. I am a published author and I train group facilitators. I believe communication, cooperation and compassion are the three primary ways in which all relationships grow.