In her capacity, Ms. Hightower Davis teaches students with disabilities, educates seventh- and eighth-grade students, and administers assignments that enable lifelong learning in the best and broadest sense of the notion. Ms. Hightower Davis has garnered a reputation of distinction for the exceptional efforts that she has demonstrated over the course of an illustrious 28-year spanning career in education, and she continues to strive for excellence in her endeavors; in 1984, she received the Outstanding Young Woman of America Award.