General Background:

- Resident of Columbus/Bartholomew county for over 40 years

- BCSC employee for over 35 years

- Currently a Pupil Services Teacher at Taylorsville Elementary School; previously at Fodrea Elementary & voted by students as Walmart's Teacher of the Year

- Attended Culinary Institute of Arts Boot Camp

- Husband - Donald Trapp

- Children - 3 adult children (Rashaad, Brandon, Yvonne) ; 1 Grandchild (Messiah)

  Volunteer/Community Affiliations:

 - Named The Republic's 1991 Columbus Woman of the Year

 - Graduate of Leadership Bartholomew County

 - Served on the Board of The Heritage Fund - The Community Foundation of Bartholomew County

 - Former Member - Youth Advocacy Commission

 - Former CASA volunteer

 - Lifetime member of the NAACP

  - Member - St. Bartholomew Catholic Church 

Co-op Interests:

- Admire and appreciate the work & efforts of the founding members of the Columbus Food Co-op to establish a Co-op in the community

- Having a Co-op in the community will be an alternative to our grocery options as well as offer its members and the community more consumer educational opportunities around nutrition and healthy choices/food options

  Contributions to Co-op Board:

 - Volunteer Board governance experience

 - Support and advance consumer educational component of its work/mission in the community

- Alignment with own passion for healthy and nutritious food choices