Founder and president of NAC Connections (Networking, Attitudes, Communication), Connors is dedicated to teaching people how to build their own bridge for a successful life. She has taught at both elementary and middle school levels, and has been a high school advanced placement coordinator, an international baccalaureate coordinator, an administrator and a tenured professor in the Department of Secondary Education at Valdosta State University in Georgia.

Connors has conducted extensive research in the areas of teacher advisory programs, successful counselors, attitudes of students from rural areas, positive teachers and their characteristics, and homework. A widely published author, she has written numerous articles and has presented to educators, school boards, superintendents, state and national organizations, parents, counselors and corporations in the 50 United States, Canada and Europe. She has been recognized by many states and has received Distinguished Service awards from the Florida, Georgia and Connecticut Association of Schools. She received her bachelor's degree from St. Leo College in Florida and her master's degree and doctorate from Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.

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