About the Author

Lisa Calicchia is a single parent of three precious young ladies. To help pay for college, Calicchia joined the Army Reserves right after high school. Since her honorable discharge, while working various jobs Ms. Calicchia has earned her Associates degree in General Studies, Bachelors Degree in Early Childhood Education and Master’s Degree in Instructional Systems Development. She is currently working on her second Masters in Curriculum and Instruction. She also has a 90 Hour Day Care Certificate. Ms. Calicchia has been teaching for the last ten years in the public school system. Her love for children extends outside of the classroom into volunteering for several mentoring programs over the last decade. She is dedicated to empowering the lives of parents and children and strongly believes that the parent is the child’s first teacher.