Nancy Salvato is a middle school teacher in Illinois and an independent contractor for Prism Educational Consulting. She is the Educational Liaison to IL Sen. Ray Soden and she works as the 6th Congressional District Coordinator for the Center for Civic Education with emphasis on the We The People initiative, an instructional program funded by the United States Department of Education by act of Congress. She has been published in The Washington Dispatch, Opinion Editorials, GOP-USA, American Daily, The Free Republic Network and Townhall.com.