about me

I thought if I ever wrote a book, it would be a math textbook.

I was a math teacher, I shared all things numerical with students and with anyone who would listen. I loved making puzzles, writing tests and making resources that went beyond the rote memorization of formulas and algorithms. When I left the classroom no one wanted to listen to "math talk,” (Maybe those in my classes really didn't want to know either but only listened so they would get a good grade … "Is this going to be on the test?”)  Eventually students who “had to” listen graduated and I retired.

History has always been interesting to me and as the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence approached, I thought it needed a story. And so, Pipkin was born!

I grew up in Maryland, married my middle school sweetheart and raised two daughters. As time passed, I moved to Delaware and eventually to Virginia where history abounds!

I enjoy spending time with my husband who is my biggest encouragement and with our children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. I won't mention how many because they are increasing exponentially!

Would you like to chat about exponential growth?

(I still sell those math resources on teacherspayteachers.com)