It started 25 years ago, when I was teaching elementary school in a small town in Missouri.

I have over 90-some responses from the elementary kids here in town, which has just been wonderful.

I was an elementary school teacher.

When I was in high school, I was lucky enough to be an exchange student to a small town in Argentina called Goya.

Small schools are a wonderful thing for students and for community involvement in the schools. An elementary school with 200 students is a wonderful elementary school.

I started acting when I was, like, five in monologue competitions at this private elementary school.