After high school, she became a student of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in Tallahassee, Florida, to be with the love of her life before marrying him and then transferring to and graduating with honors from Bethune-Cookman University. She was the wife of the late Mark Ivey III MD, and they were parents to three sons. This marriage endured for forty-four years and one-half years until he met his demise. Jacqueline was an educator in public schools in Daytona Beach, Florida; Nashville, Tennessee; Akron, Ohio; and taught middle school language arts and reading exclusively in Lakeland, Florida. Prior to her retirement in 2006, she had taught in public schools for thirty-four years. Jacqueline is most enthusiastic about this book and yearns to share some of her writings and personal experiences with others.