A natural empath, Nancy is driven to find a way to appreciate and to advocate for every teacher and student she works with. Her passion for increasing student learning aligns with her capacity for discovering and implementing communication strategies that stabilize classrooms and accelerate learning. Nancy has an intuitive ability to read a situation and know the next steps to take. Based in part on her own 22 years of classroom experience, Nancy developed the Catalyst Approach with creative partner Jacki Brickman.