Ivory’s Present

Jillian Capodiferro graduated from Nassau Community College with an associate’s degree. Then she graduated from SUNY Old Westbury College with a double major in elementary education and English literature. She made it to various honor societies in English. She graduated from LIU C. W. Post with a master’s degree in the teaching of literature. She is currently studying for a second master’s degree in English literature from LIU C. W. Post campus. She hopes to go on to earn a PhD in English literature from SUNY Stony Brook University. Suzanne C. Geddes teaches kindergarten full-time at a private school. She likewise attended LIU C. W. Post for a master’s degree in literature. Jillian and Suzanne were classmates and worked on this book and created it as a class project in Dr. Ellen Carter’s children’s literature class near the end of their coursework there. 3