As children and teens, most of us roam around our neighborhood and know it very well.  We know where people live and the sounds of their voices. We know every tree and bump in the sidewalk, every path through the grass, and every nearby beach and pool during the...

Reading a book full of facts like Thea Bowman: A Story of Triumph can be challenging.  During middle school, some big books took me months or even years to finish. At age 12, I tried to read thick novels like The Brothers Karamazov, full of adults who stood around and...

In writing about my college professor, Dr. Thea Bowman, FSPA, I took the viewpoint of a student because I was her student. I saw her in class every day for three years. She became a lifelong role model for me. My motivation to write Thea Bowman: A Story of Triumph was...