Dr. Brooke Helling has been an educator for more than 20 years; however, she still thinks of herself as an accidental English teacher. Ten years ago, Brooke found herself running a thriving dyslexia program for a local school district in Texas and found that the linguistic skills taught to her dyslexic students served her well in teaching second language learners. She made the change from working with children to working with adult ESL students and has never looked back! Brooke is currently an adjunct faculty member at various universities in the St. Louis area, including St. Charles Community College, Lindenwood University, and Washington University. Her interests include educational equity, reading disorders in second language students, interactive composition strategies, and Open Educational Pedagogy.