Introducing... Do you know who? #2

Here we go again. Can you guess who this is?

I taught kindergarten for 3 years. I then became a substitute teacher (kindergarten thru 6th grade) for 3 years.

I have 11 grandchildren, ages 6 mo to 22 yrs (who would have thought?).

I have worked in a chemical plant for the last 20 yrs.

Once, while fishing, I had to fight off a ten-foot alligator (no, not with my bare hands).

Believe it or not, in 2000 I caught an eight-pound bass!

Do you know who I am?

It's Patti!