Mrs. Smith was born and raised in Hardin County, Kentucky.  After graduating from North Hardin High School, she went on to Western Kentucky University where she majored in Elementary Education.  She graduated from Western Kentucky Univeristy in 1995 with a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education. Mrs. Smith earned her Master of Arts in Elementary Education at Western Kentucky University in 2000.  Mrs. Smith began her teaching career in Hardin County at Parkway Elementary in 1995.  In 1997, she relocated to Bowling Green, Kentucky and began teaching in the Warren County School System.  She taught at Rockfield Elementary for ten years and then moved to Plano Elementary when it opened in 2007. In her teaching career, she has taught first grade, second grade, third grade, fourth grade, sixth grade, as well as many combined level classes.  Mrs. Smith loves to make learning as fun as possible and pulls out all the stops when it comes to entertaining her students with learning.
When not in the classroom, Mrs. Smith enjoys spending time with her family. She and her family enjoy many outdoor activities such as baseball, camping and fishing. She also likes to spend her free time working in her rose garden, scrapbooking, cooking, reading and watching movies.