Amie A. Jarvie earned a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education and geography at Worcester State University in Worcester, Massachusetts. She earned her master’s degree in Deaf education at Smith College in North Hampton, Massachusetts. She then worked as an itinerant teacher of the deaf and an early intervention specialist in Massachusetts. As an early intervention specialist, she provided services as both a teacher of the deaf and a developmental specialist. As an itinerant teacher of the deaf, she consulted with many towns as well as provided direct service for children ranging in age from preschool to high school. While residing in Georgia, Amie served as a licensed Georgia Pines SKI-HI parent advisor and a certified Wilson Level One reading specialist. She worked at the Katherine Hamm Center, an LSL school for the deaf, as a teacher of the deaf in several different positions including their three year old transition class, toddlers, preschool, and elementary. Amie has also worked as a special education eighth grade and preschool teacher. She worked at Sound Beginnings, an LSL school for the deaf, as a preschool teacher and graduate student supervisor. Amie loves to be outside in warm weather biking, hiking, and reading. Amie also enjoys yoga and journaling. She has three daughters, ages 25, 24, and 18. She also has two stepsons, ages 18 and 13.