Stacey Bess is best known for her

book Nobody Don't Love Nobody,

which was made into a Hallmark
Hall of Fame movie in 2011 called
"Beyond the Blackboard."

Stacey Bess
Stacey Bess is an award-winning educator with great insight into the hearts of children in need.
She believes that the way to most effectively teach children any subject is to treat them with love
and kindness. Audiences around the nation have discovered the treasure of Stacey Bess and the
magic she works with children.

Bess began her teaching career at The School With No Name located inside the Salt Lake City
shelter where she taught math, reading, and self worth to homeless and transient children.

By the end of her first term she was discouraged and often distraught by the circumstances facing
the children who were so easy to love, but whose lives were so insecure. Often she wanted to
give up, but decided the children deserved her best efforts.

While working at The School With No Name, Bess chronicled the heart-wrenching stories of her
students so she would never forget how far these children had come. After reviewing the stories,
she discovered profound life-lessons and eventually published a book, Nobody Don’t Love
Nobody. After Bess published her first book and gained the support of the Utah community,
people began to notice Bess and her unusual success with “hopeless” children. She has won
prestigious local and national awards. A highlight came when she was honored with the
esteemed National Jefferson Award, along with First Lady Barbara Bush, Supreme Court Justice
Harry Blackman and Ambassador Walter Annenberg.

A dynamic keynote speaker, Stacey Bess engages groups large and small, sharing the lessons she
learned that changed her life as she taught hundreds of homeless children. Her story continues to
change lives as her audiences are inspired to become involved in their communities.
Bess and her husband Greg have been married 37 years and have six children. She earned her
bachelor’s degree in elementary education from the University of Utah. She continues to be a
leading advocate in the nation for the educational rights of impoverished children.

Stacey has made numerous TV appearances and has been the subject of articles in local and
national publications. A few of those are listed below.

TV Appearances
 Good Morning, Texas, Channel WFAA
 The Phil Donahue Show
 Dan Rather, CBS evening News
Magazine Articles
 “People” Magazine
 “Salt Lake City Magazine”
 “Continuum” University of Utah Magazine
 “NEA Magazine”

Book
“Nobody Don’t Love Nobody: Lessons on Love from the School With No
Name”
The Lessons learned in Nobody Don’t Love Nobody extend far beyond
homelessness. They are lessons on how to love, in giving and receiving, in the
power love has to heal and to help. They are also lessons in how keeping silent or
acting unkindly can affect a human being and how the damage done to one person
can sometimes be passed on to the next generations. The stories that Mrs. Bess
shares are stories of children who have loved her, taught her new depths of pain and
compassion, and shown her how vital it is for each of us to take care of our own–to
love those around us in our families and communities enough to make a small
difference in their lives.

Stacey Bess has a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from the University of
Utah. She began to record the stories of some of her students at The School With
No Name not because she intended to publish a book, but because the stories are so
profound. Her outstanding service has been recognized with a number of honors,
including the national Jefferson Award, and the Delta Kappa Gamma Educators
Award.