Rosemarie Bezerra-Nader was raised on a dairy farm in rural Lemoore, California. Although neither parent ever attended high school, James and Mary Bezerra placed a high value on education as a means of improving one’s quality of life; they instilled a very strong ambition and work ethic in each of their four children. Rosemarie is married to Fareed Nader, a Geomatics engineering Professor Emeritus at California State University, Fresno (CSUF). They support and encourage each other’s passion for teaching.
Rosemarie has had a wide variety of teaching experiences:
5 summers
as a K-3 teacher in dairy-farming communities
5 years
as a 4th and 5th grade teacher in a Central California community where children were members of
multigenerational dairy-farming families, migrant families, and military families.
12 years
as a 7th-9th grade teacher in large urban and suburban communities where she taught math, English, critical
thinking, and peer counseling.
25 years
as an adjunct instructor at California State University, Fresno where she taught professional development
and test prep classes for teachers in math, critical thinking, and English. At CSUF, she also taught bulletin
board classes for teachers and beginning guitar.
1990 - the present
as a developmental math instructor at Fresno City College in Fresno, California where she also taught
reading, critical thinking, and decision-making classes.
In a fast-paced, ever-changing world, Rosemarie is committed to teaching people to “learn how to learn.” Math is the subject she enjoys using to do this. Rosemarie enjoys the challenge and rewards in teaching people who doubt their abilities. Developmental math is the subject she enjoys teaching most.
Throughout her varied teaching experience, Rosemarie has integrated the development of critical thinking skills and problem-solving strategies. She strongly feels these are the keys that unlock the doors to learning retention, and transfer across the curriculum for all age groups.
Rosemarie traveled widely within the United States as a consultant in how to integrate critical thinking into an existing curriculum.
She has written three developmental books:
Arithmetic For Success
The Bridge Between Arithmetic and Algebra
Mastering Whole Numbers, the Express Way
In her “spare time”, Rosemarie enjoys singing, playing piano, ballroom dancing, sewing, and spending time playing with her two canine “kids.”
Winston Churchill is her favorite character in history. Rosemarie ends every motivational biography with a message to students: This message is Churchill's famous quote to:
“Never, never, never give up!”
