I cover the education beat in St. Mary’s County, which includes K-12 schools (both public and private), St. Mary’s College of Maryland, the College of Southern Maryland and other local education institutions. I started my career in journalism in 2000 as a staff photographer for The Avenue News based in Essex, Maryland. I began working with Southern Maryland Newspapers in September 2002 doing editing and layout at the Maryland Independent, and then worked for about three years covering education issues for the Calvert Recorder. After a stint doing features for both the Recorder and The Enterprise, I took on the education beat in St. Mary’s County midyear 2006. In addition to writing about education issues, I enjoy covering environmental topics and photojournalism.