Dr. Shalin Hai-Jew works as a case manager for Sedgwick County. Prior, she has worked for many years in higher education, as a grant writer, instructional designer, instructor, and other roles. She has B.A.s in English and psychology from the University of Washington (Seattle), a master's in English (UW), and an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from Seattle University, where she was a Morford Scholar. She tested into the University of Washington at age 14. She has lived and worked abroad for four years. She has edited several dozen nonfiction texts around the topics of education and technologies, among others. She has researched and written a dozen edited texts. She was born in Huntsville, Alabama, in the U.S.