Heather Gonzales learns from learning difference, grows to be a top teacher

SEBMS art teacher named county Teacher of Year; LCMS's Kenyatta Washington first runner-up

Southeast Bulloch Middle School teacher Heather Gonzales, center, flashes a smile at principal Todd Veland and boyfriend Travis Patterson after being named the Bulloch County Schools 2024–25 Teacher of the Year during the Statesboro Herald/Bulloch County Schools Teachers of the Year Banquet at Uncle Shug's Bar-B-Q Place on Monday, Oct. 21. (SCOTT BRYANT/staff)

TOTY Heather Gonzalez — Southeast Bulloch Middle School teacher Heather Gonzales, center, flashes a smile at principal Todd Veland and boyfriend Travis Patterson after being named the Bulloch County Schools 2024–25 Teacher of the Year during the Statesboro Herald/Bulloch County Schools Teachers of the Year Banquet at Uncle Shug's Bar-B-Q Place on Monday, Oct. 21. (SCOTT BRYANT/staff)

Growing up with dyslexia — a learning difference specific to reading — helped determine the kind of teacher Heather Gonzales would be. Now Southeast Bulloch Middle School's visual arts teacher is also the Bulloch County Schools' 2024-2025 Teacher of the Year.

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