Brett Burkey resides in Boca Raton, FL. He has been teaching Economics at Spanish River H.S. in Boca Raton for 31 years and is currently the Social Studies Department Chair. In addition, he is the Assistant Director of the Florida Atlantic University Center for Economic Education. Brett provides professional development workshops in Economics and Personal Finance for teachers in all grade levels across Florida and the nation. He has been the author or project editor for numerous curriculum packages in Economics and Personal Finance. In 2009, he was honored as the National High School Economics Teacher of the Year and the Florida Economic Educator of the Year. He has a master's degree in Public Administration from Florida Atlantic University and a master's degree in Economic Education and Entrepreneurship from the University of Delaware.