Educational Background

B.A. – Sociology
North Carolina State University

M.A. – Social Work
North Carolina Central University

Area(s) of Research

• Minority student under achievement and the barriers to educational attainment
• Child welfare
• Disabilities issues
• Mental Health and Substance Abuse treatment therapies
• Criminal Justice
• Policy
• Program Evaluation
• Forensic Social Work

Certification(s)

• LCSWA (current)
• Effective Teaching (30 contact hours)
• Academic Intervention
• Program Design (15 contact hours)

Community Involvement

Provided literacy tutoring to K-12 students and other voluntary contributions to the surrounding community of Raleigh/Durham, NC.

Favorite Quote

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.