Through a career in education bridging elementary classes to the university level, Dr. Suzanne Mellow-Irwin has served in various positions: classroom teacher, curriculum supervisor, superintendent of schools and university professor. Educated at Trinity College in Washington, D.C., she holds a doctorate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She presently lives at Stratford Oaks Farm in Sparta, North Carolina, where the art of storytelling has endeared her to “children” of all ages. The Dr. Suzanne Irwin Scholarship is intended to help the students she loves to reach for the stars and pursue their post-secondary education.