She is a former classroom teacher with experience in both elementary and high school. Julie is passionate about global collaboration and ensuring that children around the world have access to quality books to read. Since 2012, her students have sent over 5,000 books to partner schools in South Africa and Lesotho as part of their Books to Africa project. Julie shares her ideas for integrating reading and technology at WLMA, NCCE, ISTE and on the the award winning Bulldog Reader Blog.​