Amy D. Blessing, MEd, NBCT is a Kindergarten Teacher at Malpass Corner Elementary, a Title I school, with Pender County Schools in Burgaw, North Carolina. Amy has taught kindergarten for over 21 years and has worked with statewide professional development initiatives designed to “learn, model, lead, and empower to effect change for children.” Amy was selected by the NC Department of Public Instruction to participate as a NC Power of Kindergarten teacher leader and as a NC Kindergarten Demonstration Program teacher leader. She has served on several local, state, and national committees such as the National Association for the Education of Young Children’s Developmentally Appropriate Practice/Diversity and Equity workgroup. Amy spends her summers teaching, learning, and growing with the migrant education program in Pender County.