Odessa ClevelandAs for my background, I am a retired National Board Certified teacher (30 years with Los Angeles Unified School District) with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physical Education and English and a Master Degree in Business Management and Education. I orked as a Mentor Teacher for the district for thirteen years, and I worked as a Consulting teacher for the Peer Assistance and Review Program under the auspices of United Teachers of Los Angeles the last two years of my career. As a writer I have been published as a poet in several local and national magazines in the past, wrote objectives for various subject areas, wrote articles for school, and for community papers. I have appeared on M*A*S*H, General Hospital, Sanford and Son and several other television shows and numerous commercials. Read More Read Less