Ariel Baska teaches all levels of Latin in Fairfax County Public Schools. She received her Bachelor's degree in Classics from William & Mary. She received her Master's degree in Curriculum Studies with an emphasis in Gifted Education at George Mason University.Joyce VanTassel-Baska, Ed.D., is the Jody and Layton Smith Professor Emerita of Education and former Executive Director of the Center for Gifted Education at William & Mary in Virginia, where she developed a graduate program and a research and development center in gifted education. She also initiated and directed the Center for Talent Development at Northwestern University.