Retired Detroit educator and current member of the Detroit Public Schools Community District school board. A Detroit native and lifelong advocate for public education, she spent decades in the district as a special education teacher, resource teacher, assistant principal, and principal — including principal of Chrysler Elementary School and Palmer Park Preparatory Academy until retiring in 2016. She was appointed to the board on October 14, 2025, to fill the vacancy left by Sherry Gay-Dagnogo and serves through December 31, 2026; she previously ran unsuccessfully for the board in 2020 and 2022.
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