Pause and Reflect: My Own Timeline

  • Birth date

    I was born
  • Made my first friend

    I met my best friend to this day when I started preschool.
  • 5th grade president

    I was elected school president
  • Started high school

  • Graduated from high school

  • Started college

    I went to NC State for my first year of college
  • Graduated from college with Bachelor's degree

    I graduated with a degree in Psychology from University of Maryland, College Park
  • Started working for the Navy

    Landed a job as a project manager for the Navy
  • Changed careers

    I decided to follow my dream of wanting to work with disabled children, quit my job with the Navy, and got a job working in a special needs school
  • Went back to school

    I started taking courses at HCC to get a teaching certification so I can have my own classroom!
  • Bought a home

    Bought my first house with my boyfriend
  • Present day