I remember the feeling of sitting in a classroom and not understanding what the teacher was telling me. I had changed schools and gone from a straight A student to a girl who was falling behind. He wouldn't slow down, and I didn't know how to speed up. I was scared and frustrated. I was on my own. Out of desperation I started to develop unique ways of understanding the how's and why's of reading and writing. In the process, I fell in love with learning, eventually going on to earn a degree