Jing Li

BORN IN A remote area of China where illiteracy, famine, starvation, and absence of water and sewer systems were normal, Jing Li's irrepressible desire to learn trumped her circumstances. Jing Li earned her AA in English at Taiyuan Teachers' College, Shanxi, China (1979), and her BA in English at the Beijing Foreign Language University (1985) and became a top ranked high school English teacher in Taiyuan City at the No. 5 Secondary School. Through various competitions Ms. Li won her way to America, which eventually allowed her to earn her MA in Education from Southern Nazarene University, Oklahoma (1990). Ms. Li achieved her California Mandarin Chinese/English Teaching Credential as well as her California Multiple Subject Elementary Teaching Credential and taught elementary, high school and college in the U.S. for over 20 years. The Red Sandals is her first published book.