In 2000, Kim Yaris, Literacy Builder’s Executive Director, traded her elementary classroom to pursue opportunities in other areas of education: professional development for teachers and motherhood. It didn’t take her long to discover that these jobs have a lot in common. Both make you go to your core and question who you are and what you are all about. Both force you to second guess your judgment and constantly ask, “Am I doing this right?†Both require a great deal of learning.