I have a PhD from University of Missouri - Columbia and a Master's in Science Education from Webster University. I reflect less on my professional achievements and more on the people I have been privileged to know, work with, and serve these past twenty-five years. I began my career in ESOL, bilingual and migrant education accidentally on purpose. In 1991, I became a teacher with Head Start in Madison, WI. The Director assigned me the international preschoolers because only a male could 'han