Nancy Elder Walden is a divorced mother of one adult daughter, Sharon Renee Gholson. She is involved in a relationship with a significant other, did clerical work for six years prior to teaching, has held several part-time clerical jobs while teaching, taught 22 years in the Public Schools in Petersburg, Virginia and has just completed 9 years in the Fairfax County Schools, Fairfax, Virginia. She organized a Girls’ Club at Annandale High School where she is currently assigned. Not only is she an active member of the James Solomon Russell Lions’ Den, but has served as its secretary and currently serves as treasurer of the Organization. The author has sponsored Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), is President of Women Ushers at Gillfield Baptist Church in Petersburg and organized the women for a District Conference from Virginia and Washington, DC. She is also a Golden Life member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.