Faces of Hall County: Jennifer Moore

Jennifer Moore is a special education teacher at Gainesville High School, but also has taught at New Holland Elementary, Chestatee High School, and online courses.
Jennifer has coached nearly every sport you could imagine including basketball, volleyball, softball, cross country and soccer. Not surprisingly, she also has worked as a P.E. teacher and loves to exercise. She has two sons, one senior in high school, and a junior in college. She also enjoys singing for fun and in church.
We’d like to thank Jennifer for sitting down with us to answer a few questions about herself and all her years in Hall County.
Question: What inspired you or led you to your current career?
Answer: “Initially, I got into teaching because I had kids and was always looking for a babysitter when school was out.”
Q: What is your favorite restaurant in Hall County, and what do you love there?
A: “Little Italy, I love the pepperoni pizza with fresh garlic.”
Q: How long have you lived or worked in Hall County?
A: “All my life”
Q: Who is the most interesting person you’ve met in Hall County?
A: “Jerry Bowers, he was my social studies teacher in high school. I was terrible at the class, but he always told the most intriguing stories that would draw me in.”
Q: If you could travel anywhere in the world right now, where would it be? And why?
A: “Australia, I’ve just heard it’s a beautiful place to go.”
Q: What is the first movie you remember seeing in a theater?
A: “’9 to 5 with Dolly Parton.’”
Q: What advice would you give a crowd of people?
A: “Laugh a lot, it always makes life better.”
Q: What is something on your bucket list?
A: “Owning a house on a body of water.”
Q: What is your favorite music/ three bands you would like to see (dead or
alive)?
A: “The Lumineers, Mumford and Sons and Hillsong.”
Q: What former local business makes you the most nostalgic about Hall County?
A: “Saul’s.”
Q: Choosing anyone alive and a non-relative: with whom would you love to have lunch?
A: “Matthew McConaughey, because he’s good looking (ha!), and he doesn’t wear deodorant and claims to have a ‘natural odor’ that I wanna investigate myself. Plus, we share similar values and beliefs, and I’d love to chat with him. We’d go to Little Italy.”