Author's Bio

 

Dr. Goretti E. Rerri holds a bachelor’s degree in English, a master’s degree in education (specializing in special education), and a doctorate in educational leadership. 

 

Until her retirement, she taught special education for twenty-two years in kindergarten through middle school. Over the span of her career, she taught students with various forms of disabilities, including autism, downs syndrome, intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, ADHD, and learning disabilities. 

 

She worked as a classroom teacher, a parent trainer, and an In-Home trainer of students with developmental disabilities. Rerri also mentored a number of new teachers in the field of special education.  

     

 An advocate for people with developmental disabilities, Rerri founded Emur Disability Advocacy Incorporated, a non-profit organization, whose flagship is the Emur Awards. The Emur Awards seeks, recognizes, and honors children and adults with developmental disabilities who have made meaningful contributions to their schools or communities. The honorees receive the Emur Outstanding Citizen Award in the month of March every year, in celebration of Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. 

     

Rerri has three grown children, the youngest of which lives with autism. Rerri lives in Houston, Texas, where she continues to advocate for people with developmental disabilties.