Deborah Tosi:  

Speech and theatre were my favorite classes and activities in high school. Since I was never to become the next Hallie Mills,I decided that college was my future. I started my college education at Ball State, then went to Ohio State. I graduated with a BS in Early Childhood Education and Job Training Child Care. After graduation,I moved to Lynchburg, VA -to help my family when my mother found out she had lukemia. I had no intention of stayng in Lynchburg, but I am still here today. After my mother's death in 1976,I helped take care of my younger brother and started working on my Masters of Education at Lynchburg College. I taught in Lynchburg City Schools for 38 years. I was the Instructional Technology Specialist at Paul Munro Elementary. I also was the Cultural Arts Chair, which means that I was the emcee for talent shows and sing-a-longs. So I ended up on a smaller stage than my childhood dreams but that stage was just right for me! Now substitute teaching and loving retirement. In 1983, I married Don and became a stepmother to Mary Claiborne. She is now in her early thirties and ver...Expand for more