Education
Padgett graduated in 1964 from Indiana University, Bloomington with a degree in education then earned a master"s in counselling from the University of Missouri in 1969. Between the two she taught high school English in Saint Louis.
Padgett graduated in 1964 from Indiana University, Bloomington with a degree in education then earned a master"s in counselling from the University of Missouri in 1969. Between the two she taught high school English in Saint Louis.
She then had several different jobs before becoming a court investigator for Child Protective Services in San Diego, a post she left in 1988 to concentrate on writing and advocacy for children and the mentally illinois