Melanie Stillings

“Stills”, “Stilldog”,

“Bernice”, “Yardbird”

Contact Details

Phone Number: 817.299.1900

Email Address: stilme@mansfieldisd.org

Room Number: B209

Web Address:

Favorite Quote

"If you think something small can't make a difference, try going to sleep with a mosquito in the room."
---Unknown

"The man who can't dance thinks the band is no good."
---Polish Proverb

Best Advice:

Given to me…..“Don’t assume anything…you know what they say about assumptions.”

Advice I give…”Life is what you make of it, so suck it up”

Classes Taught

E-Commerce

Sports Marketing

Marketing Strategies

Advertising Design

Work History

Industry Experience:

Southwest Airlines, Web Content manager for southwest.com, Director of Public Relations and Game Operations for WPHL Hockey Team, Technology Communications for Pharmacy Co, Provider Relations for Crown of Texas Hospice…

Teaching Experience: 2 years to students…19 to my husband.

First Job (Ever): I’m not sure what qualifies…Feeding the cows, driving a truck to haul hay, or picking “kuckle burrs” out of the soybeans…they first paying one that had a W2 was a cashier at a diner.

Education

Schools I Have Attended & Years Graduated: Western Hills High School in FTW, 1989; UTA, BA in Communications/Journalism-Public Relations, 2005; currently attending UNT in the graduate program.

My Favorites

Food: PASTA or Fruit…

Color: I like black, red and blue

Vacation Spot: Anywhere that has water, hills, green grass and solitude…(i.e. Camping in the Spring)

Past-Time: Internet, Kids, Time with Friends, Decorating, Scrapbooking, Yoga

Hobby: Photography, Scrapbooking

Web Sites: OH MY GOSH…I LIKE THEM ALL! It would be easier to list the ones I don’t like. The one I use the most is probably bloglines for my subscriptions, Google for everything and oh seriously the list will go on for ever.

Sport & Team: Extreme Sports, esp Motocross…Team HONDA!

Book: Well the Bible of Course, but for entertainment, I read self help, personal stories, guide type books (i.e. Strong Willed Child)

Movie: Steel Magnolias to watch over and over…and ANYTHING Will Ferrel…I also have recently added Juno to the list.

Family Information (Children, Pets, Siblings, Friends)

Married to my Husband Troy…hubba hubba…

2 kids, Jacob is 5 and Sophie is 2.5

1 family snake, 5 family lizards ….that’s enough

Blessed with lots of friends…I love a crowd of people to hang with…

Little Known Fact:

This is hard, cause I tell everyone, everything….I was on the cover of a national magazine (not exactly a secret)….and I have a tattoo (but everyone knows that, now!)