Mrs. Smith grew up in Panama City and lived Atlanta for 10 years. After graduating from Georgia Tech with a Bachelors in Applied Mathematics, she got a job at the Naval Surface Warfare Center – Panama City Division as a Mine Warfare Analyst for 10 years. She decided to start teaching so she went to GCSC to get a teaching certificate. She taught at Arnold for 3 years during the same time her daughter attended Arnold. Now she is at Bay Virtual School as a Credit Recovery teacher for all of the Bay County High Schools. She is grateful to be an adjunct faculty member for Bay Virtual School. Also, she is passionate in playing music; she has enjoyed playing the harp and has played professionally at weddings and other social events.