Ms. Stevens was born in Houston but grew up in Tucson, Arizona. She received her Bachelor’s in English from the University of Houston-Victoria. Prior to that, she spent two years in South Korea studying at the University of Maryland-Asia where she also taught conversational English. She is the English II Team Leader, is certified in Gifted and Talented education, is the sponsor of Kempner's English Honor Society, and is the CoSponsor of the Creative Writing Group. This will be her fifth year teaching at Kempner High School.