Ms. Katherine Reader graduated summa cum laude via the Honors College at the University of South Florida with a Bachelor of Social Work. She spent ten years as a Vice President at corporate Bank of America, working as a Communications Specialist and Web Content Administrator before becoming a full-time homeschooling mom of her three boys for 18 years. Throughout her family's homeschool journey, she led numerous co-ops, from elementary through high school, and designed engaging lapbook and unit study curriculum for classic literature. She spent six years as a Classical Conversations (CC) Challenge Director, directing levels A – IV (7th – 12th grade), and was the CC Greater Orlando Product Sales Specialist for almost five years. Her family is entering its ninth year with the National Christian Forensics and Communications Association (NCFCA), where she has co-run their local club for the past 5 years, and is now part of the NCFCA Leadership Speech Committee. Ms. Reader and her boys are founding members of St. John's Presbyterian Church, where they actively attend and serve weekly. Ms. Reader is passionate about speech and debate and believes the number one goal of education is the cultivation of virtue and wisdom. She loves nurturing students v