Lisa M. Davis is a kindergarten paraprofessional at Marie Reed Community Learning Center.

Ms. Lisa M. Davis is in her fourth year as a classroom paraprofessional at Marie Reed Community Learning Center. She greatly appreciates her school’s culture, delights in the fascinating things her students teach her each day, and takes great pride in the positive relationships she has formed with her students and their parents.

Ms. Davis is known for doing whatever it takes to ensure her students’ success. At one point in her career while living in Pennsylvania, Ms. Davis obtained her bus driver’s license in order to support local children because the community had a hard time finding drivers for students.

After moving to Washington, DC in 2008, Ms. Davis took several months off from working with children, but she couldn’t stay out of the classroom for long and soon began studying to take the Praxis exam. She cherishes the “aha” moments when her students’ faces light up with knowledge, and she is proud to be a stable figure in the classroom. Ms. Davis is happy to be a part of the Reed family and grateful that her students’ families have entrusted her with the honor of teaching their children.