I attended Ross Street Elementary and then Woodbridge Middle School in New Jersey before my family moved to Maine. Those were the days where recess was my best subject and I took up the violin, causing everyone to cover their ears to avoid the sound. Maine brought me to a new school – Nokomis Regional High School, where my best subject was socializing with friends in between classes. I graduated in June 2000 with plans to continue education at Western Maryland College and no clear major in sight. I just knew that I wanted to play college soccer and so in the fall of 2000, I packed up my little Neon and headed south. However, the Lord had other plans for me. I stayed in Maryland for only the first year and then transferred back to UMaine where I was a student for only one more semester. After much prayer and consideration to what is written in the Bible, I decided to quit school and get a job until I (hopefully) got some poor man to marry me. Little did I know, soon I would be engaged to the most wonderful man in the world and I would be starting a totally new stage in my life.