Bambi Reed has been a teacher for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing for 30 years. She is currently employed by the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind in their Outreach Office in Columbia. She serves both school age students and early intervention families across the state.

Her undergraduate degree is from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Graduate work was completed at the University of Kentucky in Lexington in general special education. She is also a nationally certified interpreter for the Deaf.