Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee

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Occupation:  Retired Deputy Criminal Court Clerk and Paralegal

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Favorite quote: If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.

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Personal motto: A Winner Never Quits and A Quitter Never Wins

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Hobbies: Music, Dance, Reading, SEC Football, Enjoying the Outdoors and being with family

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Most cherished accomplishment: Graduating from Paralegal school with a 3.9 GPA while working full time and being a single mother to 2 teenagers.

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Cause or passion: Foster Care Awareness

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Signature color: Pink

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Tradition or rule of etiquette: Saying Please and Thank You and teaching my grandchildren these simple basic manners and showing respect.

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A decision I made on instinct: To become a Kinship Foster Parent to two of my grandchildren when they were still toddlers and providing them a safe and loving home.

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A voice you carry with you from the past: I always carry the voice and advice from my mother as I have navigated through life since she passed when I was 32 years old.

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What do people misunderstand about women in their 60s? Women in their 60’s are living their best life both personally and professionally.  We are breaking the glass ceiling on what previous generations expected from women in their 60’s.

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A luxury you've learned to give yourself? Having a regular manicure and pedicure isn’t necessarily a luxury but a way to treat myself with “Me Time”.