The author is a researcher, an advisor, a statistician, a legislative analyst, a mountain climber, a fencer, an actor, a photographer, a program designer for gifted programs, a new teacher trainer, a testing coordinator, a facilitator for literacy groups, a teacher and a writer. She has worked to improve schools as an External Evaluator in California's Underperforming Schools Program (IIUSP). She holds an A.A. degree, a B.A. degree and a M.S. degree, and others.
Ms. Raleigh has designed four instruction models for the Los Angeles Unified School District: "Survival," "Transcendentalism," "Etymology," and "Literal and Implied Meanings," "Survival" won a Certificate of Recognition award from the LAUSD Board of Education for the best senior high instruction model.
The author has invented a way to improve reading comprehension, and the research paper has been published by the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), the U.S. Department of Education website. First published as "A Constructivist Technique Which Improves Reading Comprehension," SP 038 687, the paper has been updated as "Using Emotional Intelligence to Improve reading Comprehension" in 2016.
While working on language designs of the California Standards Project Ms. Raleigh was an Associate Director at the UCLA School Management Program at Center X.
She has designed four multi-cultural classes in conjunction with the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Huntington Museum and the Japanese American Museum from 1995 through 1999. The Japanese American Museum class was held on March 15, 1997, and included a presentation followed by a book signing by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, the author of Farewell to Manzanar.