Noelle Morris is the Director of Professional Events at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Her career in teaching and education consulting spans more than two decades; she started as a middle school language arts and science teacher and was then asked by the administration to become involved with the Orange County Literacy Project. She has since contributed to the development of HMH’s READ 180 and other intervention programs as a senior editor, and has written several nonfiction books as well as other educational materials for professional learning. Noelle received her bachelor’s degree in English from Florida State University.