Oh Boy Summer! (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780615809069)

Once a young single parent, raised and living in Brooklyn, NY, Diahann quit her bank teller job, returned to school, earned a Bachelor of English Literature, and soon began her role as an educator in 1999, changing the trajectory of her life. Diahann later gained her Master of Education, got married, relocated, and had two more children. Diahann has also written and independently published a book for new teachers wishing to get a better grasp on using data to drive instruction, called The New Teacher Handbook. "... I love to learn and I love to set up situations where children are learning. Everyday, in the classroom, I want to re-create the feeling of learning to ride a bike for the first time. My classrooms have been and always will be noisy, messy, and void of shoes if the feeling hits us! I believe silence and stillness is for sleepers. In my room, we get on a bike wobbling as we start, then excited as we get into our groove." Diahann volunteers in her community's education and political groups.