Carol originally hails from Omro, Wisconsin. At present, she is a retired school teacher with the Kilgore Independent School District. She was an 8th grade Earth Science teacher at Maude Laird School, was then transferred to Kilgore High School where she taught World Geography to 9th graders. At present she is substituting for KISD. She is an active member of the church, and hobbies include gardening, knitting, cooking, baking, and occasional poetry writing. Carol has had poems published by the International Library of Poetry. Besides teaching, she was also "nanny" to two doctors children, which are now grown and doctor's themselves. Her own children are grown and married and she's a grandmother of 2, and a great grandmother of 2. Carol say's, "I write poetry for the enjoyment of the challenge."