I received my Bachelor's of Social Work from the University of North Alabama. My early career was spent helping to develop curriculum in several counties in Alabama to help encourage positive behavioral choices for at-risk children. I worked as a Substance Abuse Prevention Counselor. During my time with the program, I developed a curriculum for children ages 3-15 which helped spotlight positive consequence to healthy life choices. After leaving the program, I was retained as a ghost/contract writer for a local church in Birmingham, AL. There, I developed a 12-month nursery curriculum that has