RESIDENCE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: Walterboro.

OCCUPATION: Children's librarian at Colleton County Memorial Library.

CHURCH: St. Stephen Church of God in Walterboro.

COMMUNITY SERVICE: Chairwoman of Colleton County First Steps and a member of the South Carolina Book Award Committee.

OTHER ACTIVITIES: Church song leader, Sunday school teacher and certified Department of Social Services trainer for child-care providers, day-care owners and teachers.

EDUCATION: Walterboro High School in 1988, bachelor's degree in business from Claflin University in 1992, master's degree in science in agribusiness from South Carolina State University and master's in library and information science from the University of South Carolina in 1998.

FIRST JOB: Baby sitter.

DREAM VACATION: Cruise to the Bahamas.

HOBBIES: Writing, singing and acting.

ONE THING MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT ME: I like horseback riding.

FAVORITE RESTAURANT: Red Lobster.

HOW I KEEP IN SHAPE: Going to church.

LAST BOOK I READ: "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights."

FAVORITE MOVIE: "Something to Sing About."

ONE THING I MUST HAVE IN MY REFRIGERATOR AT ALL TIMES: Fruit.

FOND CHILDHOOD MEMORY: Singing my first solo in a church choir.

FAVORITE COLOR: All colors.

PEOPLE I ADMIRE THE MOST: My mother, Jennie Oliver Keaise, and my aunt, Elflorence Oliver.

MOST RECENT BRUSH WITH CELEBRITY: I met Johnnie Cochran and his wife in 1995.

GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: The accomplishments I've made were not my own. Everything I've accomplished was with the help of my family.

LEAST FAVORITE HOUSEHOLD CHORE: Cutting the grass.

TIME OF MY LIFE I'D LIKE TO RELIVE: My college years.

SOMETHING I'VE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS: Change the things I can, accept the things I can't.

FIRST CAR: Pontiac LeMans.

SOMETHING MY MOTHER ALWAYS TOLD ME: Use common sense.

THINGS THAT BRIGHTEN MY DAY: To see children smile when they enter the children's library.

SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO LEARN: Sign language.

SOMETHING I COLLECT: Postcards.

SOMEONE FAMOUS I'D LIKE TO MEET: Blair Underwood.