During her twenty-five successful years as a teacher, author, lecturer, and publisher, the author has received the following awards: Most Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award from the Wisconsin-Be...показать большеDuring her twenty-five successful years as a teacher, author, lecturer, and publisher, the author has received the following awards: Most Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award from the Wisconsin-Bell/ Ameritech, Most Outstanding High School Teacher of the Year Award from Metropolitan Milwaukee Alliance of Black School Educators (MMABSE), and the Black Excellence Award for Teaching from the Milwaukee Times and Channel 6. With her warm personality and great sense of humor, the author has the ability to tap into her students’ inner gifts and instill in them a lifelong passion for learning. She has written numerous innovative curriculum textbooks as well as urban classroom plays and ethnic poetry books. She has a BA in Education from The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, MA in Exceptional Education from The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Doctorate Degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Sarasota and a founder and principal of an urban private high school, The Nzingha Institute of Creative Learning for Living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.показать меньше