I have been an educator for 17 years. I received a B.A. in Film/Video-Screenwriting from Columbia College Chicago (2003), a M.A. in Education from McKendree University (2007), and a M.A. in English from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (2014). I am currently attending the University of Missouri-Columbia to complete a Master's program in Information Science and Learning Technology with an emphasis on library media studies for K-12 education.