ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Simon N. Obi was a licensed practicing high school teacher in Arizona from 1990 until his retirement in early 2019. During those 29 years, he taught 9th grade at Pueblo High School in Tucson for five years, two years as a 5th grade teacher in the Tohono O’Odham Reservation, two years as an at-risk youths’ teacher at Robison Elementary School in Tucson, Arizona. He retired in January 2019 after serving 19 years as a teacher of youths adjudicated as adults in a maximum-security prison owned by the State of Arizona.

Obi grew up in Apu-na-Ekpu in Umuoha Community in Isiala Ngwa North Local Government of Abia State, Nigeria. He attended St. Mary’s Elementary School, which later became Amaekpu Community School. He is a graduate of St. Ephraim’s Secondary School in Owerrinta, East Central Oklahoma University, and The University of Arizona.