This episode is an interview with Dr. Amy Mathews-Perez. In this interview  we discuss the power of communication and ways that we can be better communicators. The benefits of being curious and being a life long learner. Dr. Perez also talks about reflection and growing from our experiences as well as what she has learned over the course of her career.

Dr. Amy Perez is Texas-born & raised, she is in her 30th year of serving public education. She has served as a JHS General Ed. Teacher, an SLP, a Diagnostician, a SPED Specialist, Assistant Principal, Principal, and Director of Special Programs - including Special Education. She has also worked in the private sector as an Education Coordinator at a JJAEP and in both home health & nursing home settings as an SLP. She currently serves as a Director of Special Programs which includes SPED, 504, Dyslexia, MTSS, and the Liaison for students/families experiencing Foster Care and Homelessness. Her passions are communication, laughter, inspiring & empowering others. As a learner, she considers herself an "Experience Expert." Life is short but our influence is never ending, so she seeks joy and creates smiles through learning, sharing, and highlighting the best in other people.

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