Reading Changed My Life - Townsend Press

Daisy RussellWhen Michael Pickens was in elementary school. Daisy tutored him inreading. Since then, he’s been “a member of the family,” says Daisy.Tiffany says, “He’s like my big brother!”at the national Laubach Literacy convention. Shespeaks before church gatherings, Rotary meetings,and any other group that invites her to tell abouther experience. She has appeared on local televisionshows and radio programs. Most importantly of all,Daisy herself has become a Laubach tutor.“I talk to anyone about being a new reader,”Daisy says. “I talk to strangers on the street, at the51