The author, G.E. Jhourni, was born and raised in eastern North Carolina. She grew up in a Pentecostal Holiness church. G.E. also attended college in eastern North Carolina. She graduated with a Bac...view moreThe author, G.E. Jhourni, was born and raised in eastern North Carolina. She grew up in a Pentecostal Holiness church. G.E. also attended college in eastern North Carolina. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education and started her teaching career as a second-grade teacher in Edgecombe County, NC in 1995. Then the following year, G.E. started teaching in her hometown. During this time, she had and raised her four children, married and divorced. In 2008, she returned to graduate school to get her Master’s Degree in Education. She has been teaching for 27 years.view less