Dr. Staggers is a native of Keyser, West Virginia.  She attended undergraduate at West Virginia University, graduating Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in Chemistry.  Dr. Staggers graduated from West Virginia University School of Dentistry in 1986 and obtained a Master of Science in Orthodontics in 1988.  Prior to coming to Winchester, she was on faculty at West Virginia University for three years and at The Medical College of Georgia for three years.  Dr. Staggers opened her Winchester practice in March 1993.   She is board certified by the American Board of Orthodontics.  Dr. Staggers has been a visiting professor of orthodontics at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN since 1992.  Dr. Staggers has published numerous articles in the , and the Journal of Clinical Orthodontics, and she is currently a consultant for the .  Dr. Staggers is married to David Worthington, an engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.