Ms. Orr relocated to Northern Virginia from Seguin, Texas with her husband Scott and daughter Theora in 2013.  Since this time, their family has grown to include Keenan, their son, born in 2016.  Ms.Orr also is the mommy of two 13-year-old litter mate kitties, Nala and Hermes.  Nala is super fluffy, and Hermes is super orange.  Ms. Orr is originally from upstate NY (Valatie), but has lived and worked in: Upstate NY; New Orleans, Louisiana; South Florida; Dubai, UAE; Vancouver, British Columbia; Central Texas; and now here in Northern Virginia. 

Ms. Orr began working for FCPS in 2019 for Mount Vernon High School as the College and Career Specialist.  This past July 2022, Ms. Orr was hired and transitioned to Career Experience Specialist with Fairfax Academy.  Ms. Orr has over 15 years’ experience in career services within higher education, federal job Corp, international career guidance, state workforce, and now, K-12.   Ms. Orr received a Bachelor of Arts from SUNY (State University of New York) College at Potsdam, as a double major in Communication Studies and Employment Relations.  After her first job out of college in a human resources department for an engineering firm in Albany, NY, she decided to go back to school for her master’s degree to become a career counselor, which spoke to her heart.  Ms. Orr has a Master of Education in Counselor Education from the University of New Orleans, with a specialization in college and career counseling.  During that time, Ms. Orr was a counselor intern for Loyola University New Orleans’ Department of Counseling and Career Development.  Since that time, she has served as a specialist and counselor in career services for many work environments, including Dubai Women’s College where she lived and worked in Dubai, UAE for 6 months serving national women with career guidance and job training.   

Ms. Orr’s favorite part of her job at Fairfax Academy is educating students on career options, and exposing students to new areas of work they may become passionate about.  Ms. Orr would love to see more professionals in our surrounding community visit Fairfax Academy to share their career paths with our students, to match topics and lessons that students are learning in class.  As a new employee at Fairfax Academy, she is hosting her first Career Experience Expo which is being held on November 9^th, 2022, with over 30 industry professionals speaking to our students in breakout sessions.