I have taken the life lessons that I have learned over the years to become a strong educator with deep understanding in the training methods that work best in teaching riding. I combine all these elements (dressage, jumping and pony club) in my teaching to provide a very well rounded lesson program.​

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Whether you are a child or an adult, horses are a great vehicle to teach us important life skills: respect, responsibility, patience, communication, teamwork, hard work, perseverance, problem solving, cooperation and leadership. In lessons with adults and kids alike, I relay to students how they are developing these important life skills through riding and how they are developing a partnership with their horse.

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Education has been the basis of who I am.  With my BA in Psychology and my Masters in Education I apply these classroom management skills to my arena lessons. After grad school, I traveled the world for 12 years raising my kids and seeing the world.    I was able to further my riding experiences with lessons in France, England, Germany and Russia.  

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I had the great fortune of growing up in a thriving and inspirational pony club family   My mother and mentor, Betty Tukey,  taught me everything there is to know about horses and teaching. She furthered my learning by sending me to work with instructors like: Melissa Beardsley, Tami Masters, Kari McClain, Bruce Davidson, Jim Graham,  Kim and Dietrich Von Hopffgarten.