Barbara+Booker

//NOT WHAT I HAVE, BUT WHAT I'VE GIVEN TO OTHERS...// //NOT WHO I AM, BUT WHAT I'VE HELPED OTHERS TO BE// //IS THE ULTIMATE PORTRAIT OF HUMILITY//

I WAS BORN IN MOBILE ALABAMA. I GRADUATED FROM TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY A HISTORCIAL BLACK COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY.

I HAVE WORKED MANY VARIED JOBS (RETAIL MANAGER, OFFICE MANAGER, ACCOUNTANT, TAX PREPARER) AND CORPORATIONS (JC PENNY, ANDREWS KURTH, VIRGINIA CHEMICAL, ARABIAN AMERICAN OIL CO... TO NAME A FEW) IT WAS IN CORPORATE AMERICA THAT I DISCOVERED MY TRUE PASSION WAS TEACHING/LEARNING AND HELPING OTHERS. I FULLY REALIZED THAT PASSION WHEN I BECAME A CLASSROOM TEACHER IN 1990. IN THE CLASSROOM I HAD MANY WONDERFUL RICH EXPERIENCES AS I TAUGHT CONTEXT AND LIFE LESSONS. I AM STILL INSPIRED WITH AWE EACH DAY BY THE SHARED EVENTS I HAVE WITH THE UNIQUE PEOPLE I SERVICE AND WORK WITH.

MY HUSBAND CHESTER AND I HAVE TWO SONS (JOHN AND MATTHEW). WE WERE RECENTLY BLESSED WITH BABY ELIJAH, OUR FIRST GRANDCHILD.