Through the Darkness: One Man's Journey from Tragedy to Triumph

by Eva Smith

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108 pages, Hardcover

First published December 22, 2008

About the author

Eva Smith was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina. She moved to Brooklyn, NY shortly after graduating from Fayetteville State University several years ago, and taught in the public school system there. Deemed a master teacher, she was taken out of the classroom and assigned the job ?teacher-trainer? and given the responsibility of teaching first year teachers and para-professionals how to teach reading to struggling elementary students. She was subsequently employed by the State University of New York and held many posts during her tenure in the university system, including assistant director of Career Planning and Placement, assistant director of EOC (Educational Opportunity Centers), assistant director of EOP (Educational Opportunity Programs), Counselor for special programs, tutor coordinator and Director of Student Activities. Eva is now a retired college administrator, but before leaving the state of New York, she was appointed by the mayor of Syracuse to the position of First Deputy Commissioner for the department of Parks and Recreation. Now back at home, she teaches in the Cumberland County school system, and spends her free time decorating, entertaining and looking forward to publishing her next books, Angels without Wings, and the Power of Friendship.