Cassandra Smith has been passionate about learning, educating, and serving from her early years in Oregon, through her young adult years in Utah, Virginia, Ohio, and Oregon (again), and where she currently lives in Colorado. She graduated from Brigham Young University in Linguistics in 2006 with a focus on American Sign Language and a minor in Language and Computers. She completed her masters in Library and Information Science (entirely online) through San Jose State University in 2018, with a focus in children’s services. She and her husband have two sons. Her favorite hobbies are gardening, dancing, and playing the piano.