Dr. Jeanette Mokry has always loved learning and earned secondary education licensure along with a B.S. in mathematics from Elon University. She then earned an M.S. and a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Mokry continues to explore ways to improve the classroom experience for her students. Her years of coordinating college algebra and research on the student experience with this course motivated the design of this textbook.