DARLENE SMITHDarlene Smith is a retired schoolteacher who taught in Kansas and Louisiana for 40 years. Most of her teaching (1981-2012) was done at the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau, La., where she specialized in English, literature and Louisiana hitory. After retiring from teaching, she worked in the Editorial Department of Acadian House Publishing in Lafayette, La., for six years as a writer, copy editor, proof-reader and researcher. She was educated in Catholic schools from First Grade until she was a junior in college. She earned a BA in English from Wichita State University, then a Masters in Gifted Education from the University of Southwestern Louisiana. She and her husband, Norman Smith, live in Lafayette, La., and are the proud parents of a daughter, Jessica, who is a graduate of the Academy where Darlene taught for 31 years. Read More Read Less