As a public high school teacher, debate coach, and board member of an educational non-profit organization, I have over three decades of experience working with divergent opinions formed by varying life experiences and perspectives. To make ends meet on a teacher salary, I worked during the summers pushing a broom and driving forklifts on loading docks, worked in food service, and loaded tens of thousands of bales of hay onto and off of hay wagons and lofts throughout Medina County. I feel that my work as a teacher, as a debate coach, as a board member, on loading docks, and in hay fields makes me uniquely qualified for any position that requires effective and productive communication, public accountability, and just plain hard work. I look forward to putting these skills to work on your behalf in Columbus.