A native of North Carolina, I earned an M. Ed. and my NC teaching license in Special Education from UNCG in 2008. I also hold a B.S. in Mathematics and US History from Randolph-Macon Woman's College (now Randolph College). All through college, I worked as a tutor and have continued to work as a private tutor since graduating. For one semester, I taught in a small charter school where I functioned as the sole mathematics teacher and was responsible for teaching grades 6 to 12. For two years, I...