I have been teaching at Midway since 2015. I currently teach 8th-12^th grade English. I am also the Yearbook Advisor, High School Academic Team coach, and co-coach the Cheer Team. In the past, I have taught Elementary and High School Drama.

My first experience as a teacher was as a part-time Adjunct English Professor at Tulsa Community College. I taught Composition I and Developmental writing part-time for six years.  My first teaching experience in secondary education was at Porter Public Schools where I taught middle school Reading, high school English and middle and high school Humanities. While I was finishing up my Masters at NSU, I also volunteered for two years at Tulsa Public Libraries as a literacy tutor. I specialized in ESL. One of my students was an older Korean gentleman who turned out to be a former Korean Literature and Language Professor. I helped him prepare for his citizenship exam.

I live with my husband, Gregg Walton, on our farm near Lake Eufaula State Park. We have four grown children and ten grandchildren. Grandchildren are the best! They make it worth putting up with their parents as teenagers! We have two very spoiled dogs: Sassy and Beau. Sassy and Beau are sister and brother blue heeler/border collie mixes. We also have two cats: Bellatrix and Skeeter, two bunnies: Twist and Sugar, three goats: Van Gogh, Margo, and Henry, three horses: Sundance, Mazie, and Doc (our mustang we adopted), a small herd of cattle including a bull named Mo that loves to have his head and ears scratched, and a small flock of chickens and ducks!

Besides taking care of our many animals, I love to garden. I also love to read (I am the English teacher for a reason!).  I love live theater and sports, and I enjoy doing yoga and swimming.