Grew up in a small coal mining town in southern WV. Everybody was poor, but we never knew it. Hard work and Hard times was the norm. Lay-offs, union strikes, mining related deaths were normal/expected. I alwas thought I would end up working in the mine. Dad made sure I went to school so I would not have to "work" like he did. I graduated from Marshall University in 1996 and found a career in finance.I have been in the banking industry since 1999.

Lived in a small city for 8 years and in Lexington KY for 5 and moved back to my home townlast year when we found out Dad had cancer. Moving back to raise my daughter in my hometown was the best decision I have ever made. I just wish I would have done it 5 years ago.