When I was a kid, I wanted to grow up to 

be either a teacher or a writer. My

mother, a pragmatist, urged me to

choose teaching.  “You’ll never get rich 

teaching,” she said. “But if you become an

author, you’ll surely be poor.” So, I followed

Mom’s advice and became a teacher,

writing in my spare time. I’m currently working

on my first children’s book, War in the Wilds.