June Simmons, of Conway, Arkansas, (shown below with the real Jack) feels that the best word to describe her is “teacher.” After retiring from a forty- year career teaching high sc...view moreJune Simmons, of Conway, Arkansas, (shown below with the real Jack) feels that the best word to describe her is “teacher.” After retiring from a forty- year career teaching high school English, she taught creative writing for nine years to elementary
and middle school students at Blackbird Academy of Arts. It was at Blackbird that her stories of her mischievous dog Jack first came to life as “the freedom dog.”view less