Annette Davis wanted to fill a vacancy left in her education

By JAYCE EUSTICE | jeustice@shawmedia.com

For Putnam County’s K-12 media director and hearing impaired teacher Annette Davis, her career in education came from wanting to fill a role that was vacant in her own education.

Davis grew up wearing hearing aids and in need of educational hard of hearing services.

“I wish I would’ve had someone like me around when I was growing up,” Davis said. “I want to be to them what I could’ve and should of had. Back then it wasn’t there and we didn’t have that kind of support system. It’s an honor to be able to give back and help realize what they need.”

Davis originally begin her higher education wanting to be a social worker to “save the world.” One of

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