is a 25-year veteran of the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center working as the Penn Foster High School/GED instructor and academic disabilities coordinator. She previously served as a TABE Math instructor, Paintsville High School instructor, academic manager, GED instructor and Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery tutor. Shirley received her Bachelor of Arts degree in education in mathematics and language arts from Alice Lloyd College. She then continued postgraduate courses and received her Rank II from Morehead State University.