Marquis Who's Who Millennium Magazine

424 MILLENNIUM M ary Ann Wise Wiggins is a woman of many talents. After receiving a bachelor’s degree at Northwestern State University in 1964, she was ready to embark on a career that would prove prosperous and eventually lead to a Master of Arts in principalship and supervision from Louisiana Tech University in 2005. In 1964, Ms. Wise Wiggins began her teaching career. Her first job as a teacher was based in Nuremberg, Germany, where she remained for two years. She later left Germany and came back to the United States to teach in the Mineral Wells Independent School District, which has several schools under its umbrella, from 1967 to 1970. Taking a break from teaching, Ms. Wise Wiggins dived into the small-business world by opening her own furniture and hardware store in Coushatta, Louisiana. The store remained open for 20 years, servicing the community from 1977 to 1997. After the closing of her store, Ms. Wise Wiggins continued her career in education, teaching at various middle schools in Louisiana. Ms. Wise Wiggins is a licensed insurance and real estate agent, a private pilot, and a certified second through eleventh grade teacher in Louisiana. She used her licensure to become a bookkeeper for a department store in her hometown in 1966, and later, a tax preparer in 1992. Ms. Wise Wiggins has been a columnist for several local entities in Louisiana. Her service to education continued outside of the classroom. She was an instruction and professional development committee member for the Louisiana Association of Educators from 1998 to 2000, and later served as vice chairman for the same committee from 1999 to 2002. She was also vice president of the Louisiana Juvenile Detention Teachers Association from 1999 to 2001. Her dedication to the field of education has allowed her to hold many board and committee positions for several educational organizations. Mary Ann Wise Wiggins Small Business Owner (Retired) Red River Parish Alternative School Coushatta, LA