Meet Nancy!

Nancy M. Schwartz has taught in Pennsylvania for twenty-six years. She holds certificates as an ESL program specialist, reading specialist, and elementary and early education teacher.

Nancy’s undergraduate degree came from Temple University, in Philadelphia PA, and she attended graduate school at Saint Joseph’s University. Nancy spent several summers studying at the Teachers College Columbia University, Reading and Writing Project. As a positive and courageous spirit full of life, she enjoys ballet, reading, writing, art, fashion, animals, music, and most of all, motherhood.


Nancy Released her first book ‘Up Not Down Syndrom: Uplifting Lessons Learned from Raising a Son with Trisomy 21‘ in December 2020.

Explore a Q&A session with Nancy M. Schwartz about the inspiration, reasonings and lessons learned through writing her first book below.

Nancy’s second book, co-authored with April E. Beard, ‘Up Bow Down Bow: A Child with Down Syndrome and His Journey to Master the Cello‘, in 2022.

Explore a Q&A session with Nancy M. Schwartz about the inspiration, reasonings and lessons learned through writing her second book below.