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The subheader says Christine Parsons \u201917<\/strong>. On May 7, she\u2019ll become Christine Parsons \u201917 \u201922MS<\/strong>. But there\u2019s so much more to Parsons than degrees and years. She\u2019s a mom and a sister. She knows first-hand what it\u2019s like to struggle in school and all-too-well how the struggle can lead to tragedy. There\u2019s nothing traditional about the path she\u2019s taking. And look here, she already has an impressive title at 麻豆原创: Program manager, Toni Jennings Exceptional Education Institute<\/a>, which prepares and retains exceptional student education teachers who serve children and adults with special needs. The institute also collaborates with local partners provides services for families of students.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m passionate about the work we\u2019re doing, and now you know why,\u201d Parsons wrote in an email.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s dig into the \u201cwhy,\u201d circling briefly back to degrees. Parsons earned her first degree, an associate degree in medical laboratory technology, from Brookdale Community College (New Jersey) in 1979. In the 43 years between that degree and her master\u2019s in interdisciplinary studies<\/a> at 麻豆原创, she\u2019s raised four children, had three careers, and is now weaving her lessons from life and school into a singular mission.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have this constant thought after seeing what my family members have gone through: We need to do better at educating every person,\u201d says Parsons, whose voice resonates with the resolve of a mother and the hope of a researcher on the cusp of discovery. \u201cNot one person should have his or her life diminished simply because we don\u2019t know the best way to educate them. Not one<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

She has seen what can happen from every angle of her life.<\/p>\n

Lessons from Her Mother<\/h3>\n

She was born and raised as Christine Williams, the oldest of two girls and three boys, an average student from a family of apparent average students, she says.<\/p>\n

\u201cSchool was hard for us,\u201d she says. \u201cWe didn\u2019t have much direction with our homework unless we were at my aunt\u2019s house. I always knew I was smarter than my grades showed, and I wanted to learn, so it was frustrating.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her mom and dad divorced when all five kids were young, leaving mom to raise them on her modest wages working as a secretary during the day and typing labels at night. She couldn\u2019t help with schoolwork because of her tiring schedule and for a reason no one knew about.<\/p>\n

\u201cLooking back,\u201d Parsons says, \u201cI can see that mom had such bad anxiety that she couldn\u2019t even talk with teachers about school. I\u2019m pretty sure it\u2019s the reason she stopped going to college after one year.\u201d<\/p>\n

She and her siblings didn\u2019t have the money or family guidance to go to a four-year college, so Christine went to Brookdale and began to \u201clearn how to learn.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThose two years gave me confidence and opened doors to a career,\u201d she says. \u201cI made more money in my first year out of college than my mother was able to make with 15 years of experience. She could have done more, but the anxiety created barriers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her mother wasn\u2019t the only one in the family who would encounter life-altering obstacles in education.<\/p>\n

Lessons from Her Brother<\/h3>\n

Parsons says she\u2019s \u201cliving proof\u201d of what it means to be a lifelong learner. She thrives on the challenge of thinking through problems and advancing solutions.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people are better at figuring things out instead of downloading information and repeating it back. My middle brother, Michael, was an incredible landscaper. He\u2019d look at a space, do the calculations in his head, and then come up with something beautiful. But growing up, the schools weren\u2019t equipped to help with his problems.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michael could barely read. He could multiply three-digit numbers in his head, but when it came to written instructions or job applications, he was lost. The everyday frustrations drove him to alcohol and, eventually, to homelessness. In May 2020, Michael Gerard Williams, 53, died while sleeping in a homeless camp in New Jersey.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy brother was big, energetic, and had so much potential,\u201d Parsons says. \u201cIf someone had known in school that he needed help with reading, there\u2019s no telling what he could have done. His life never should have gone the way it did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lessons from Her Children<\/h3>\n

In her first career through the 1980s and early 90s, Parsons thought she had the best job ever. Officially, she was a \u201csales rep for cancer research and diagnoses.\u201d The technology helped save lives and sold itself. Parsons just had to show pathology technicians how to use it. But at the end of 1997, with three sons at home and a daughter on the way, Parsons and her husband, Rick, decided to it would be best if she left the workforce so she could provide what she says her own mother couldn\u2019t \u2014 help with schoolwork and attention to any signs of difficulty. When Tom was in third grade, he started failing. The school agreed something was wrong, but didn\u2019t know what it was. Parsons did her own research and got the testing necessary to find the problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was the first time anyone in our family took a step toward finding answers,\u201d Parsons says.<\/p>\n

She found out Tom had auditory processing disorder. His brain, like many, is wired in a way that interprets sounds differently and delays a response. Though it appears on paper to be an auditory condition, it often pairs with learning deficiencies, being easily distracted, and social challenges that can lead to a life of negative feedback and loneliness.<\/p>\n

Like so many learning disabilities, auditory processing disorder creates problems no one really understands except the person who has it \u2026 or the parent trying to help.<\/p>\n

Parsons would not accept the advice to \u201clet Tom figure it out.\u201d She\u2019d seen where that can lead. She helped him with a special reading program, hired a tutor, and by his freshman year of high school Tom could read at a college level. In 2015 he graduated from 麻豆原创 with a degree in political science<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, Christine also found out that her second son, Tim, is dyslexic. So, she enrolled him into a high school with a specialized technology program. Tim would earn a degree in digital media from 麻豆原创<\/a> in 2017, the same year Christine completed her bachelor\u2019s in science education<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A third son, Stephen, tested positive at a young age for food allergies, which can affect a person\u2019s ability to focus. By this time, Parsons knew her way around learning barriers. Stephen graduated from high school in 2014, enlisted in the U.S. Marines, and went on to firefighting school.<\/p>\n

\u201cFinding the right fit is crucial,\u201d Parsons says.<\/p>\n

Her youngest child, Sara, is on track to graduate from 麻豆原创 in 2023 with a double major in art<\/a> and engineering<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cSchool has never been hard for her,\u201d Parsons says, \u201cbut that doesn\u2019t make her more \u2018normal.\u2019 We all have quirks. It\u2019s important to understand what they are and provide direction so each person can thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is the driving force in her work at the Toni Jennings Institute. Parsons adds her lessons from life to the team\u2019s research on Project FOCUS, which will develop a way to evaluate students for deficits in executive functions (everyday skills like following a schedule, remembering instructions, and having goals) and provide solutions they can use throughout life.<\/p>\n

\u201cProject FOCUS could have changed my brother\u2019s life,\u201d Parsons says. \u201cHe suffered and didn\u2019t know why. No child \u2026 no person \u2026 should feel lost, isolated, constantly criticized, or like they don\u2019t belong simply because we don\u2019t understand.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then think about the kids whose families can\u2019t afford a specialist. What happens to them? What are we losing as a society?\u201d<\/p>\n

On May 8, the day after her graduation, Parsons\u2019 children will be home for Mother\u2019s Day to celebrate. The weekend will be not so much a culmination as it will be a time to catch her breath and enjoy the family.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re my inspiration,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

A day later she\u2019ll continue pushing forward, motivated by thoughts of her mother, sons and brother.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think about my brother every single day,\u201d she says. \u201cHe could have been amazing. I\u2019m doing this work because I don\u2019t want anyone else to be left thinking \u2018what could have been.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n

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