
About Five-Star Educational Products

Jill Gimenez, the creator of Five-Star Educational Products, LLC, has been awarded numerous Reading Teacher of the Year awards and Teacher of the Year awards, has presented for TESOL (Teaching English to Students of Other Languages), VESA (Virginia EL Supervisors' Association), and the Virginia State Reading Association, and was president of the Suffolk Reading Chapter. She earned her Master's degree in TESOL (Teaching English to Students of Other Languages) from Regent University, and she is a phonics specialist. Her expertise is helping children and adults who have learning disabilities, ADHD, and dyslexia. Currently, she teaches English Language Learners for her school district.
Her deep passion was quickly ignited when she had a class where only one child out of twenty read on or above reading level. Nine out of twenty students were at least two levels below. These students were embarrassed and frustrated. After using the Phonics Bingo Games and Phonics Playing Games that she created, 90% of the students (18 out of 20) were on or above their reading level!
Jill’s husband, David, a former graphic designer and Director of Marketing, caught the vision of how this incredible program could help reduce the illiteracy problem that has shackled our country. Together, Jill and David are working to make Five-Star Educational Products, LLC a company that offers affordable products to all that have educational needs and fulfill their mission statement: “To be a catalyst in removing the stigma of illiteracy from our culture and to empower individuals, families, and communities.”