Carol Burk teaches at Jasper High School. She retired from Newton Independent School District, Newton, Texas in 2004. She also worked at Spring Branch Independent School District, Houston, Texas, as a School Counselor and Teacher for many years before moving to Lake Sam Rayburn. She currently works in surrounding schools from Brookeland, Texas. She is an author of "How Can I Love School Today?" and The One Command Commands using her photography as a background for her books. She is working on another book called "Texas Women in Colorado", an adventure book, which will be out in late 2015.