Armento, Beverly J.: - Inspired by the many teachers who mentored her, Beverly J. Armento became an educator and enjoyed a fifty-year career working with middle-school children as well as prospective teachers. Retired now, she is Professor Emerita at Georgia State University and holds degrees from The William Paterson University, Purdue University, and Indiana University. Seeing Eye Girl is her first book for the general public. She currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia.