Gill Hatch was a very fine mathematician. Indeed, following her undergraduate studies in Cambridge in the late 1950s, she was one of the elite who went on to the notoriously difficult Part III of the Mathematical Tripos. In this article, the author describes the autobiographical accounts of Hatch during her teaching career in teacher education, as an Assistant Lecturer in Mathematics at Matlock College of Education, in Derbyshire. He also shares how Hatch's story has helped him develop and establish his fundamental beliefs in teaching, while at the same time allowing him to learn most of the skills of teaching.