Winona Christiansen received her B.A. in Political Science from the University of Nebraska–Omaha and her M.A. in Early Childhood Education from East Tennessee State University. She has been a full-time faculty member at Cleveland State Community College in Tennessee for the past five years, teaching in the Education Career Community program, and currently serves as the Humanities and Social Sciences Department Chair while continuing to teach as a full-time faculty member. She is completing her M.S. in Higher Education Administration at the University of Tennessee in hopes of becoming the best faculty member and department chair she can be for her students, colleagues, and institution.