Bernice Harris is a long-time resident of the Chicago Englewood community, which has one of the highest crime rates in the city. She has worked with teen runaways as well as with deaf youths through the Chicago Hearing Society. She has taught early child- hood education in a corporate school owned by the former Secretary of Education, Lamar Alexander, and Bob Keeshan, better known as Captain Kangaroo. As a teacher for Corporate Child Care, Harris taught young children and later became a trainer for early childhood teachers and served on the Improved Child Care Management board. She was also a staff writer for the Collectors Bulletin, where she wrote a column for McDonald's toy collectors. Bernice Harris is a long-time resident of the Chicago Englewood community, which has one of the highest crime rates in the city. She has worked with teen runaways as well as with deaf youths through the Chicago Hearing Society. She has taught early childhood education in a corporate school owned by the former Secretary of Education, Lamar Alexander, and Bob Keeshan, better known as Captain Kangaroo. As a teacher for Corporate Child Care, Harris taught young children and later became a trainer for early childhood teachers and served on the Improved Child Care Management board. She was also a staff writer for the Collectors Bulletin, where she wrote a column for McDonald's toy collectors.