Dr. Barbara Coatney talks about her campaign run for Bay St. Louis/Waveland School Board and her love for Education. She is a native of Catahoula, Mississippi in Hancock County and obtained her Bachelor’s in Special Education from Roosevelt University in Chicago, Illinois, Master’s degree in School Administration from the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, MS, and Doctorate in Education from the University of Mississippi in Oxford Mississippi with a concentration in Curriculum. 

After moving to North Carolina, she did a two-year program at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to be a School Superintendent.  Her professional career credits are Special Education Teacher, Assistant Principal, Principal, Federal Program Director, Curriculum Director and Adjunct Professor. After a 32 year career in Education, Dr. Coatney administers Play Therapy for babies ages 0-3 years.