Victoria Purcell-Gates is an internationally recognized researcher and professor in the field of literacy education.
As professor and researcher at both Harvard and the University of Cincinnati, she was director of literacy centers in which both children and adults were provided with reading instruction.
[2] Donny, age seven was caught in a cycle of family illiteracy and his mother desired Dr. Purcell-Gates' assistance.
This research led to the Grawemeyer Award winning book, "Other People's Words: The Cycle of Low Literacy" (1997).
[1] Later, Dr. Purcell-Gates accepted the position of Tier 1 Canada Research Chair for Early Childhood Literacy at the University of British Columbia.