Born in: Hartford, Kentucky
College attended: University of Kentucky
Started working with children in: 2009
Favorite thing about my job: Helping students
3 things I love: Going to the mountains, Hiking, Walking
Favorite quote: You will never regret being kind.

Born in: Franklin, TN
College attended: Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 2007
Favorite thing about my job: Helping students discover professions and activities that they will enjoy in the future
3 things I love: My kids, hunting, and football
Favorite quote: "Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right." Henry Ford

Born in: Franklin, TN
College attended: Middle Tennessee State University
Started teaching in: 2009
Favorite thing about my job: Introducing a new concept or idea and seeing the joy and excitement on the students' faces
3 things I love: reading, watching movies, hiking
Favorite quote: "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." - Eleanor Roosevelt

Born in: Union City, TN
College attended: Austin Peay State University; Bethel University; University of the Cumberlands
Started teaching in: 2009
Favorite thing about my job: Being able to build positive relationships with students, teachers, and community members
3 things I love: Faith & Family, St. Louis Cardinals, Nashville Predators
Favorite quote: We must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.  

Born in: Danville, Virginia
College attended: Averett College, Western Illinois University, Tennessee State University
Started teaching in: 2007
Favorite part of my job: Helping students discover their best options
3 things I love: cooking, hanging out with family, watching Titans football
Favorite quote: If it had not been for the LORD on my side, where would I be? - Psalm 124

Born in: Johnson City, TN
College attended: Lipscomb University, Tennessee State University, Trevecca University
Started teaching in: 1998
Favorite thing about my job: Analyzing data and putting it to use
3 things I love: my family, holidays and all things zombies/ horror movies  
Favorite quote: "Small minds discuss people, average minds discuss events, great minds discuss ideas." -Eleanor Roosevelt

Born in: White House, TN
Colleges attended: Austin Peay State University, Bates Technical College, Carson Newman
Started teaching in: 2018
Favorite thing about my job: The kids!
3 things I love: Jesus, gym, beach
Favorite quote: "Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them."  Lady Bird Johnson

Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Belmont University
Started teaching in: 2001
Favorite thing about my job: Watching students learn that they can do things
3 things I love: God, family, country
Favorite quote: "You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however." - Richard Bach

Born in: Savannah, TN
College attended: Austin Peay University, Cumberland University
Started teaching in: 1993
Favorite thing about my job: We are a family helping students!
3 things I love: traveling, reading books, and helping people

Born in: Nashville, TN
Colleges attended: Columbia State Community College
Started nursing in: 1999
Favorite thing about my job: Helping others
3 things I love: vacations, my family, church
Favorite quote: "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Phil. 4:13

Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: Tennessee Tech
Started teaching in: 1997
Favorite thing about my job: Making connections with students
3 things I love: Spending time with family, church activities, reading

Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: Middle Tennessee State University
Started teaching in: 2014
Favorite thing about my job: Helping students grow and find their voice
3 things I love: cats, nature, art
Favorite quote: “Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.” - Anais Nin

Born in: South Bend, IN
Started working with children in: 2019
Favorite thing about my job: Getting to know the kids
3 things I love: My family, God, any water activity

Born in: Dickson, TN
Colleges attended: Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 2019
Favorite thing about my job: Building relationships with students
3 things I love: Anime, Hunting, Football
Favorite quote: "I see now that the circumstances of one's birth are irrelevant. It is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are." - Mewtwo from Pokemon

Born in: Mount Holly, NJ
Started working with children in: 2019
Favorite thing about my job: Having the opportunity to work with children and help prepare them for their futures
3 things I love: Hunting, Aviation, Family

Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: Columbia State and Austin Peay
Started teaching in: 1998
Favorite thing about my job: Working with the students
3 things I love: Traveling, spending time with family, cheesecake
Favorite quote: "Your deeds are your monuments." - Wonder by R. J. Palacio

Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Nashville State
Started: 1996
Favorite thing about my job: The people I work with
3 things I love: Walking, Anything Outdoors, Good Food
Favorite quote: In a world where you can be anything...be kind.

Born in: McEwen, TN
College attended: UT Martin, Arkansas State University
Started teaching in: 2008
Favorite thing about my job: Seeing students get excited about science
3 things I love: Family time, dogs, traveling
Favorite quote: "In a world where you can be anything, be kind."

Born in: Mt. Juliet, TN
College attended: Austin Peay State University
Started teaching: 2012
Favorite thing about my job: Coaching volleyball
3 things I love: Family time, reading, coaching volleyball

Born in: Huntsville, AL
College attended: Carson Newman University
Started teaching in: 2013
Favorite thing about my job: I love helping students become comfortable with their "musical" side and to enjoy music, observing them as the "light" of understanding comes on, and interacting with them as we explore music together.
3 things I love: My precious family, outdoor activities, sewing
Favorite quote: "...and what does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God"

Born in: Wheeling, WV
College attended: Belmont University, Union University
Started teaching in: 2011
Favorite thing about my job: Being a small part of this community that has become my extended family.
3 things I love: My family, softball, and Reese's
Favorite quote: “I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” - Michael Jordan

Born in: Memphis, TN
College attended: University of Memphis, Delta State University
Started teaching  in: 2019
Favorite thing about my job: Watching students discover the “aha!” moment when things click and they get excited about learning.
3 things I love: my children, oil painting, and reading
Favorite quote: “You never fail until you stop trying.” - Albert Einstein