Vanessa Taylor

I am a mother, grandmother,

educator and international co-author

of 365 Empowering Stories. I teach

special education for pre-school

in Stone Mountain Georgia. I

received my Bachelor's Degree of

Arts in Education from DePaul

University in Chicago, Illinois

and my Masters in Elementary

Education from Grand Canyon

University, Phoenix, AZ. As a preschool

special education teacher

of children with special needs,

my students have exposed me

to my creative side that sparked

and ignited me to write several

children’s shorts stories.

The objective in NaTalee Is My

Special Friend is to teach children

from diverse cultures, those in

special education and within cotaught

classrooms to be sensitive,

to accept and treat others

respectfully who are different

from them.