She taught reading in a computer reading lab for ten years. Her research interest is students who are challenged learners. She has presented her research at various conferences including the Oxford Round Table in Oxford, England and to Ambassadors of the 2007 World Forum, which was held in Washington D.C. Two of her publications, Reading as a Struggle: Challenged Readers Making Meaning from Text (2009), and Reading Pedagogy: The Foundation and Cornerstone for the Expansion of Literacy (2007), cast a framework for teaching students who are challenged by texts.

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