DR. DOROTHY LUDD LLOYD is a full professor of Education at San Francisco State University. She is national and local consultant to hundreds of school administrators and thousands of teachers in the area of teacher effectiveness and supervision. She received her Doctorate from the University of California at Los Angeles. Prior to teaching at San Francisco State University, she taught at UCLA and was researcher at the Institute for the Development of Educational Activities (I.D.E.A) in Los Angeles. She is a leader who empowers others. She is a creative teacher who challenges and inspires her students. She was the first person in her family to go to college and has one daughter and three grandchildren.