Born and raised in Chattanooga, TN. Received a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, minor in Biology from University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. I got the privilege to join the Chattanooga Fire Department in 2012. Spent 9 years in operations and a little under 2 years in a current position as the Fire and Life Safety Educator. Founder and CEO of Pain Perseverance Character Hope, a non profit providing social emotional learning, self development and family mentoring. 2019 recipient of American Red Cross Service to Youth Heroes Award, 2018 recipient of the NAACP Civil Service Officer of the year, 2021 Omega Citizen Of The Year and 2023 Tennessee Fire Public Educator of the year. Tennessee Building Strong Brains Train The Trainer for Adverse Childhood Experiences. 2023 Graduate of National Fire Academy Youth Firesetting Prevention and Intervention course. Mission and passion is to serve and pour into others so that no matter the circumstances they will be triumphant with the mindset of "I can"'