Carla was born in Rapid City, South Dakota, on June 21, 1951. In 1969, she graduated from Wesclin Senior High school in Trenton, Illinois and continued her eductaion at Eastern Illinois University. Carla received her Bachelors of Science Degree in Educatin from Eastern Illinois in 1973, her Masters of Arts Degree in Education from East Carolina University in 1987. She added the Education Specialist Degree from East Carolina in 1995.

Her teaching career began in Kansas in August of 1973 and eventually took her to Okinawa, Japan, in 1979 where she taught for the Deparment of Defense Dependents Schools until 1981. Carla joined the Camp Lejeune Dependents Schools as a teacher at Stone Street Elementary in 1982 and became an Assistant Principal at Russell Elementary in 1992. She was promoted to Principal of Tarawa Terrace I Primary School in 1998. She later served as Principal of Delalio Elementary and Brewster Middle School.

Carla was tragically killed in an automobile accident on April 17, 2001. She left behind her two sons, Blake and Matt and her husband, Mark. Carla is remembered as an incredibly decidated principal who "would do almost anything for her kids" and was always "right there with them." Carla lived her life with the belief that if you..."make a difference in a child's life every day , it will make a difference in yours."

Written by the Superintendent's Office for the Dedication on Oct. 18, 2005.