University of North Texas 
Memphis, Tennessee
Southside High School
LeMoyne-Owen College
Bachelor's in Music (vocal performance)
A singer and a teacher.
Opera singer, music teacher, counselor, and academic advisor.
My career in music came through extracurricular activities of concert choir, concert band, marching band, and dance. My career path for education was inspired from my grandmother, mother, third grade teacher, and music teachers.
My grandmother. She had only a seventh-grade education because she had to work as a share cropper, but she was the smartest woman I have ever known. She impressed upon me the importance of education and of educating others.
Dedicated, quick witted, and personable.
A singer, especially an opera singer.
Pisa, Florence, and Rome.
Egypt.
Relaxing, hanging out with family, listening to and/or creating music, watching TV, and doing crossword puzzles.
BOOKS: biographies, especially about music and singers. MOVIES: The Godfather, The Color Purple, Braveheart, The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, Red Dragon, Shrek, Ocean's Eleven, The Devil Wears Prada, and Red.
Luciano Pavarotti and Denyce Graves (classical); Luther Vandross and Jill Scott (R&B); The Roots and Earth, Wind & Fire.
Fried chicken, turnip and collard greens, macaroni and cheese, buttered rolls, potato salad, and peach cobbler.
