She originally started out as an English teacher, but during her third year (in college) she became disillusioned with the idea. Jill began to realise her students were not achieving as well as they could, and firmly believed a major factor of that was because the building was dull. So eager to improve the school, Jill put forward the idea of changing the appearance of it - even offering to paint the walls herself. However, she was told she was too young and idealistic, and after much negativity from many of the teachers, she ...full biography