76 maconmagazine.com | December 2024/January 2025
INTERVIEW BY HALEIGH DEARDEN | PHOTO BY DSTO MOORE
Macon Chose Me is a photo series by DSTO Moore highlighting
residents who weren't born in Macon but actively chose to move
here and enjoy positively representing the community.
Can you tell me a little bit
about yourself?
My husband and I both grew up in
Tallahassee. We went to Florida State,
although we didn't meet until we were
in college. And my parents grew up
in Tallahassee. We really are the first
ones to kind of venture out on a more
permanent basis.
What brought you to Macon?
We have lived here almost 20 years now.
We moved here for my husband to go
to law school and thought we'd be here
for three years and turn around and go
back home. We were deciding between
Macon and New Orleans for law school.
We went to visit New Orleans and had
been there several times, and it just
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wasn't a great match. And then we came
to visit Mercer Law School, and from the
minute we got into the elevator, we felt
very welcome. All the staff was great, the
professors were great, all the students
that he met were just really welcoming.
You clearly chose to stay more than
three years! What made Macon
