Considering that Larry Strauss' mother, Charlotte Rae, was arguably the quintessential TV educator, as Mrs Garrett on the hit series "The Facts Of Life," it should come as no surprise that he would follow a career in inner-city education and become an established author and journalist on the subject, becoming an award-winning 30 year veteran inner-city high school teacher who has worked with at-risk teenagers. Light Man Pre-Order Book- amzn.to/3CX9IKR See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.