It is great to connect with you here on Amazon! For those of you interested in a traditional bio only, please feel free to jump to the last paragraph. For those interested in a brief personal note, please flow into the next paragraph and keep on reading! It's a humbling reality to be writing this brief author profile. I can remember my nine year old self being invited by my fourth-grade teacher to spend part of my lunch period reading to one of the kindergarten classes. No surprise, I jumped at the chance! I still recall the thrill of reading one of my personal favorites at that time: "Caps for Sale" by Esphyr Slobodkina. I was on top of the world as I shared my passion for reading with five year old learners. Like reading, I have been a writer for as long as I can remember. I always kept diaries, journals, and still to this day, I express my personal interpretations of the world and experiences by voice recording, writing, sketching, painting, and even some free form dancing after a gloriously busy day! In fact, the first edition of Elevating Co-teaching through UDL was the result of my journaling as I navigated co-teaching as a middle school teacher in a world that was new to the idea of co-teaching. I am beyond honored to connect with colleagues across the world who, like me, strive to give our students all we’ve got! Now…for a brief traditional bio...Elizabeth Stein, EdD, has been a special education teacher, instructional coach, and educational consultant for more than 30 years, specializing in universal design for learning (UDL) and co-taught inclusive practices. She is an adjunct professor at Stony Brook University, New York. Elizabeth is a renewed National Board-Certified Teacher (NBCT) in literacy and the author of Two Teachers in the Room: Strategies for Co-teaching Success (Routledge, 2017) and other publications. Read more about this authorRead less about this author