Love & grace shown by Mrs. Julie Race [Video]

(MONUMENT, Colo.) — Throughout the month of March, FOX21 Local News is honoring Remarkable Women of Southern Colorado.

This week, we are introducing you to the winner of our Remarkable Women Campaign.

She grew up on a farm in Iowa. She’s a wife and mother of adult twin boys. And thankfully, she chose to call Southern Colorado home, because she is also a special education teacher who is spreading love and grace. Meet remarkable Julie Race.

For 16 years, Julie has been a special education teacher a Prairie Winds Elementary School in Monument.

Julie said, “I started out as a paraprofessional and then moved into the special education teaching role, and I have been in that role ever since.”

The STAR Program stands for strategies for teaching, based on Autism research.

“Our day, I could plan out the day, I could plan out our schedule. Our day is never the …