Judy Rex Dudugjian began her career in 1973 in Norfolk, Virginia, as a classroom teacher in an urban elementary school. She spent 14 years as a classroom teacher of fourth and fifth grade students. It was during this time that Mrs. Dudugjian decided that the best gift she could give her students was a love of reading and the tools to read successfully. To accomplish this goal, she went back to school and received a Master of Science in Reading degree from Old Dominion University in 1987. She served as a remedial reading teacher for grades K-5 for the next five years and a Communication Skills