Retired educator Trish Brewster said she originally wanted to be a physical therapist, but soon found a different calling.
“Even growing up, at the high school, I would help out at Special Olympics. I liked being with the special needs kids,” she said. “There used to be a little pre-school for handicapped children here years and years ago. I volunteered there my senior year. I left half a day (at school) and volunteered there.”
She earned a degree in education at Northeastern State University. She sought work as a speech pathologist, but there were no openings. She spent five years as an attendance clerk at Pershing Elementary. The Muskogee Public Schools special education director later told her of a speech pathology opening in the district.
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