Angie Davidson is on a mission to create and shape environments to allow struggling students to thrive in public school settings. Trained as an educator with a Masters in Education from Virginia Tech, she spent ten years as a teacher in Salem. In 2021, her love for struggling students drove her to begin a new position as an Intervention Specialist in Salem City.  In 2023, she became a licensed BCBA and was hired as Salem City’s BCBA where she works with all six schools in the district. She has since completed workshops for the VaSCL, region VI YMCAs, VATLL/VASCD, and VDOE.

Stephanie Staples is currently a kindergarten teacher in Salem City Schools. As an educator in Title 1 schools for the entirety of her career, the transient populations that she has served have made her understand the necessity of flexibility, stability and the importance of compassion. She has a Bachelors of Art, and obtained her teaching license the same year and she has been teaching for 25 years with a variety of students with many different needs. Her passion lies with the children that seem to be the most challenging. She has since completed workshops for the VaSCL and VDOE. “I am the sunshine or I am the storm.”