I first became interested in genealogy in 1986. I graduated from the University of Akron in 1995 with a B.S.B.A. in marketing with a minor in Spanish. I graduated from Kent State University with a M.L.S. in public librarianship in 1998. I received OLC certification as a public librarian in 2001 and recertified 2006 and 2011. I was certified as a genealogy librarian in 2003 by the National Institute for Genealogical Studies. I am currently working on certification in Methodology. I was employed with the Akron-Summit County Public Library from 1986-1998. I have been the Genealogy Librarian with the Wayne County Public Library since 1998.