Ms. Harris grew up in Northern Virginia, near Washington D.C.  Her "teaching" career began the summer after fourth grade, when she held "summer school" in the basement for her younger brother and several neighborhood children. A military transfer brought her family to San Antonio, Texas.
     With six years as a pre-kinder teacher, two years as a special education aid, twenty-six years teaching children and adults to swim, raising her daughters, and working in corporate America for a decade under her belt, Ms. Harris returned to her initial educational goal of teaching English and Reading at the high school level.  Before joining the Mac Arthur High School faculty, Ms. Harris spent two years teaching remedial reading and writing at UTSA and two years working with students through a reading intervention program in several local high schools. 
     Ms. Harris enjoys reading, swimming, listening to live music, volunteering, being outdoors, dabbling with photography, and spending time with family.