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Dr. Hernandez has produced a textbook for aspiring principals and a practical guide for teachers of students with special needs. The School of Leadership Studies will adopt this contribution to study of leadership, and we hope that she will address our students as guest lecturer. --Susan B. Angulo, Ed.D. Associate Provost and Interim Dean for the School of Leadership Studies, St. Thomas University. Ada shares the strategies she used to create true success in a very challenging environment. The heights achieved in her education career become more remarkable when one realizes her personal story of immigration from a communist country and building a life and a career in her new country. --Allan R. Bonilla, Ed.D, Former Miami-Dade Principal of the Year, Current Author, Speaker, Consultant & Mentor. Become an exceptional school administrator. Is your school as successful as it can be? You can learn how to become a Turnaround Principal, how to turn a deficient school into a model of success. In her book This Street Has My Name On It. How Did This Happen?, author Ada Hernandez reveals many of the proven strategies that transformed her D-rated school into an A school and maintained that rating for ten years. Follow easy-to-use guidelines and Internet links to critical strategies and programs.