I joined St. Petersburg College in 1991.   I have been a CE lecturer for ADEA, ADHA, Colgate Pharmaceuticals, and the University of Florida.  I am an active member of ADEA and the ADHA. I am also an active member of the Pinellas Park Rotary Club.

I earned a Bachelor of Science in Public Health Dental Hygiene degree from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 1986 and a Master of Arts in Adult Education from the University of South Florida in 2009.