Professional Bio
Retired Lieutenant in the US Coast Guard with 19 years of k-12 teaching experience. A former FIRST Robotics Coach for FRC Team 2890, Hickory High School, Virginia (2008-13) and Technology Student Association (TSA) Regional and Chapter Advisor (2004-2013) and second coach to the Thingy Thing FRC Team 8387, Advanced Technologies Academy, Las Vegas, Nevada (2019-21), FIRST LEGO League (FLL), FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC), VEX VRC, and VEX IQ. The facilitator of the RMMS Girls Who Code club (2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22), several Cyber Robotics Coding Competition (CRCC) Teams, Congressional App Challenge Teams and a Nationally ranked Financial Literacy team for the Capitol Hill Challenge Stock Market. Currently, I am the main robotics coach for our brand-new CTE high school at Central Technical Training Academy. My passion for technology STEMs from my military experience. I am honored to have been a LEGO Education Master Educator for 2 years (2019-2021), an appointed Donors Choose Ambassador (2020-21, 2021-22), Applied Digital Skills Ambassador (2021-22), and a board member of Envirolution (2021-23), School Organization Team (2022-24), and TSA (2022-23). I was recently appointed as the Nevada TSA state advisor (2022-23) and elected as the ITTEA Region IV Director, for which I'm excited to start in March of 2024.
School/Organization
Central Technical Training Academy
Professional Member
Education:
St. Leo University 2001
A.A. Liberal Arts
Old Dominion University 2003
B.S. Technology Education
American InterContnental University 2012
M. S.: Instructional Design and Technology
Liberty University 2013
Education Specialist
Awards:
Apr 21, 2023, Apr 15, 2021, Feb 29, 2020 & Mar 20, 2019 Heart of Education Finalist
April 2021 & April 2022 NCWIT Inspirations Educator Award
Jul 31, 2013 VTEEA High School Teacher of the Year Award
Mar. 27 2014 ITEEA High School Teacher Excellence Award
May 18, 2016 Tyler Bushnell Award, Roy Martin MS
State Champion
Yes