Marie Fraser is a Ph.D. student in Special Education, as well as a FIREFLIES fellow working with Dr. Jenny Root. She graduated from the University of Georgia in 2018 with a Master's in Teaching, specializing in English Education. Before beginning her Ph.D., she taught Middle School Language Arts in Tallahassee where she grew a passion for working with students with specific learning needs. Marie's research interests include reading motivation and using novels to build social-emotional skills and community culture in neurodiverse classrooms.