Rexie Lanier started her teaching career twenty-nine years ago in the Chicago suburbs. With advanced degrees and certificates from Illinois State University, National Louis University, and National Board, she has sought opportunities to strengthen her practices as an educator. Over the course of her career, Rexie has been a classroom teacher, literacy coach, interventionist, Secondary Literacy Specialist and is currently serving as a High School MTSS Coordinator for McLean County Unit 5 School District.