Remembering Carleen Hemric

Carleen and Matthew, August 2024. I received word earlier today that one of the biggest hearts to ever beat on this earth has stopped. Let me tell you about my dear friend and mentor, Carleen Hemric. I met Carleen in 1988, when I, an eight-grader, was assigned to her English class at Pershing Junior High in San Diego. She was unlike any teacher I'd had before. She was older than most of them, for…