Paulette is originally from Rochester, New York and moved to Winston-Salem in 2005. She and her husband Derek have 3 children, Amanda, Ethan, and Jillian. Her hobbies are reading, crocheting, and sewing & learning new art techniques. Her joy…her grandchildren (Liliana, Edyn and Caulder), the beach, and cooking. She has a degree in Print Management and enjoyed a long and rewarding career in commercial printing. She then earned a culinary degree from Guilford technical Community college in 2012. Her culinary journey has been fun and satisfying. Her most memorable culinary experience was being honored to work alongside Chef Don McMillan to cater several events for Dr. Maya Angelou. Sitting and having coffee with her in her dining room was a once in a lifetime event for Paulette. And yes, she was as lovely and wise in person as she seemed in her public life. She once told her the greatest honor you can give a person is to remember their name and she always did. Her next adventure is creating useful goods for the home and crafting. Her focus in this is recycling, upcycling, and repurposing gifted and thrifted items wherever she can to be as eco-friendly as she can. She is a stay-at-home grandma, so she is very excited to come to work a couple of days a week with such sincere and welcoming people.