She received BA degree in health and physical education at Dillard University in New Orleans, LA. After graduating Magna Cum Laud in Health and Physical Education, she took a position as an Assistant for the Women’ s Basketball program at Jones County Junior College. Three years later, she took a teaching and head coaching position at Raymond High School, located in Raymond, MS. During this time, she also worked on her doctoral degree at the University of Southern Mississippi. In August of 2006 she obtained her Ph.D. in Hum an Performance: Administration and Teaching and begin working at the University of West Alabama (UWA).