- Marion High School, Marion, NC - General Diploma received May, 1970
- Blanton's Business College, Asheville, NC: June 1970 to December 1970 - Executive Secretarial courses taken but not completed.
- Blanton's Business College, Asheville, NC: 1978 - Micro Processing/Computer Science
- Spanish for Nursing - Blue Ridge Community College, Satisfactory Completion of 40 Contact Hours; 4.0 Continuing Education Units
- The Secretarial Seminar - Prime Learning International: .6 Continuing Education Units
- Advanced WordPerfect 5.0 - University of North Carolina at Asheville
- The Exceptional Assistant - Fred Pryor Seminars: .6 Continuing Education Units
- System One Automation Training - System One Learning Services, Houston, TX
- Supervisor Survival Skills - Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc: completed 6-hour course
- Industrial Lift Truck Certified - NC Industrial Commission (1980)
- Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College: Continuing Education - Administrative Assistant Fundamentals & Administrative Assistant Applications; Completed July 2005
- Attended the "Designing Letter and Reply Mail" seminar offered by the United States Postal Service