Rebecca Nakagawa is a twenty year veteran teacher in Irvine Unified School District. She is currently a Teacher on Special Assignment in the Literacy Department supporting K-12 teachers in English Language Arts, History Social Science, and World Languages. Implementing the DBQ has been one of the highlights of her role as a TOSA and she is very excited to share her success in bringing this authentic inquiry-based learning to raise reading scores and improve critical thinking skills with her Extended Learning summer school students. Rebecca earned a Doctorate of Education from the University of Southern California.