Originally from Pennsylvania, Bobbie Jo received her B.A. in Early Childhood Education in 2004 and her M.A. in Deaf Education in 2005 from Gallaudet. She has taught Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten at Kendall Demonstration Elementary School for 5 years and Kindergarten-First grade at New Mexico School for the Deaf for a year. She is currently working on her Ph.D. from George Mason University, specializing in Early Childhood Education and Multilingual/Multicultural Education. In her very little free time, she enjoys spending time with her dogs and trying new restaurants with her friends.

Early Childhood Education, Multicultural Education, Social Justice, ASL/English Bilingual

DC Teacher Certification in Early Childhood (PreK-3)
DC Teacher Certification in Special Education/Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Professional certification in Early Childhood Education from Council of Educators of the Deaf