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After her experience, she swore she would never be a teacher. Today, Skulark is cooking up chemistry labs at DuSable High after completing a master s degree in education under the Teachers for Chicago program. Skulark enrolled in TFC in 1997, after 12 years with the Chicago Police Department and a year-long stint as a substitute in CPS elementary schools. She joined the police force with the idea of going into forensics, but ended up spending her career as a beat cop. Teachers for Chicago graduate Ladesta Skulark watches a chemical reaction with DuSable High students Sermaine Wilson and Jason Gray.