Graduating from Purdue University in 1981, I first began teaching in 1998, after working in the business sector and raising two girls. I obtained my masters in special education in 2002 from the University of Texas San Antonio, and a doctoral degree in Educational Psychology at Walden University in 2015. I have taught resource, content mastery, self- contained, and inclusion special education classes. Currently, I am a co teacher in 6th, 7th and 8th grade Reading and Math as well as 7th grade Texas History.