02/20/2020
This year I will be teaching Moulage at the 2020 National CERT Conference. If you haven't already registered, the class is filling up fast. Hope to see you there!!
Conference Bio:
I come from 20 years’ experience in emergency response, disaster exercise design and injury simulation. When it comes to disasters, there is not much that I haven’t seen and experienced with natural or man-made disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, bombings, and shootings. I have worked confined spaces and handled confined space rescues. I have worked with public and private agencies. Including, but not limited to, working in school settings from early childhood to post-doctoral schools, CERT, MO DMAT, SEMA and FEMA, as well as National Guard, National Registry, National Disaster Life Support, hospitals and airports.
My work has been published in Stanford’s Who’s Who Black Book (2011) and Connections magazine. Given my experience in Emergency Services and Disaster Response for many years, I have seen firsthand the toll an emergency or disaster response can take on a responder. Critical thinking, and muscle memory are a vital part of every single response. I believe that in-depth, recurring training makes a significant difference in how our responders perform in the moment of truth, and how the incident is personally dealt with after the fact. “When every second counts!” is something anyone that I have worked alongside will hear and many will see and hopefully take to heart. When a life depends on it, seconds do count!
I live in small-town Missouri in a town called Purdy. I have 2 sons. One of my boys is married. I have a beautiful dog, Sascha. I thoroughly enjoy spending time with family and friends when I am not working. My greatest passion in life is helping others. When I need a break, I listen to country music and occasionally do some two-step dancing! I’m not that good, but it is a great way to blow off steam and let your hair down. After all, if you are like me, a dance floor can be anywhere you need it to be!