Joanne Baker-Smith is a elementary school teacher, health & wellness coach, and author. She has taught in the NYC public school system for over 12 years. It was within this time, as an early childhood educator, where she began to notice areas and situations that made her young students feel concerned about their abilities. To help them, she utilized strategies to empower her students and give them confidence in their learning. It is these strategies that inspired Joanne's creation of the Little Learner Series to help children beyond her classroom feel as good about learning as her own students did. She lives in Forest Hills, New York with her husband and two children.