Sharyn previously worked as a teacher at Mary Lin Elementary School in Atlanta. In her fourth and fifth grade classrooms, Sharyn has created child-centered, hands-on learning environments by infusing Discipline Based Arts Education (DBAE) and Core Knowledge reform efforts into the Quality Core Curriculum. She is currently the Mary Lin PTA Curriculum Chair and the Mary Lin Representative for the Council of In-town Neighborhood Schools (CINS) Board. She is a MASKIL/ESEP facilitator, trained to implement a variety of ESEP science kits. Before her work at Mary Lin Elementary, she taught first, third, and fourth grade at Whitefoord Elementary. Sharyn holds a Bachelor of Arts in Child Development from Spelman College and a Master of Science in Social Foundations of Education from Georgia State University.