I have been so fortunate in my career to have the opportunity to work in many capacities as a teacher, mentor, and FBLA and DECA Adviser. During my last five years in teaching, I ran STAR (Success Thru Automated Resources) Lab, which was a credit recovery program in my school which focused on 11th- and 12th-grade students who were behind in credits and faced possible delayed graduation. Although students worked at their own pace in my classroom , I was available for one-on-one tutoring in a var