Mrs. Graves attended SUNY (State University of New York) at New Paltz, New York where she received a Bachelor's degree in History and a Master's degree in the Arts of Teaching. She was born and raised a New Yorker, but has happily relocated to the beautiful state of North Carolina to pursue a career in teaching. She began her career in 2015 at Lee County High School when she joined the Social Studies department as an American History and Civics and Economics teacher.