Meet Shelly Coulter, RAR’s Senior Accountant

11.13.2023 Team

Where are you from originally? Where are you currently located?

I’m from Soquel, CA (Santa Cruz area), and now live in San Jose, CA (Silicon Valley).

Let us know a fun fact about you?

Before getting into accounting, I used to work in Journalism and I worked at a few radio stations.

What do you do for fun? What are some of your hobbies?

I enjoy reading, walking, spending time with family, and playing games.

Best part about working for RAR?

The team and our book collection!

What is something you are most proud of?

Working at Raising a Reader.

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Celebrating Family Engagement Month: Small Reading Moments, Big Impact

November is Family Engagement Month, a perfect reminder that the most powerful learning doesn’t just happen in classrooms—it happens at home, in small, joyful moments families create together. At Raising a Reader, we’ve spent 25+ years helping families build reading routines that spark curiosity, strengthen relationships, and set children on a lifelong path to learning and academic success. When families read ...

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When We Work Together, Children Thrive

Last month, I had the joy of standing on the Central Elementary School campus in San Diego—the very place where Raising a Reader first launched our partnership with the Masons of California 15 years ago—and celebrating something remarkable: together, we’ve reached more than 1,000 classrooms across California through this partnership. From the start, the Masons of California have believed in ...