I began my teaching career with Sikeston Public Schools in 2005.  My first position was teaching second grade at Southeast Elementary.  The next school year I went to the Kindergarten Center to teach ECSE (early childhood special education).  

While attending college I held an internship at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.  There, I volunteered on the Child Life Services team.  I would interact with the children in the hospital.  We would either play games, make crafts,  do puzzles, etc, or I would go over the procedure(s) that they may be going through later on that day. I also held a job. One job I enjoyed was working at a daycare center.  I also had the opportunity to work for First Steps of Missouri as a Developmental Play Therapist.  As a  Developmental Play Therapist I got to go into homes to visit with children birth through 3 years of age to encourage their development.