Ann Lander began her involvement with Literacy Volunteers Valley Shore (LVVS) as a tutor more than 25 years ago and, as she helped her students gain the tools for success, began to take on more responsibility with the organization. She now heads up the LVVS workshop leaders who teach and certify new tutors to instruct students to read, write, and speak English and English as a Second Language; acts as a mentor to new tutors; and has developed the curriculum for new tutors – and she still tutors several students.