Charmaine Anderson was raised on a dairy farm near Boise, Idaho. She learned at a very early age the value of hard work. She also has a great love for sports of all kinds. This led to her participation in intercollegiate sports and a major of physical education in college. Mrs. Anderson graduated from Boise State University in physical education and coaching, with English and biology as minors. Her first two teaching jobs involved those subjects. Charmaine returned to school to get a Master of Education degree through Utah State University in computer technology and physical education. The emphasis on teaching then changed to computer technology. She taught “Introduction to Computers” at both Utah Valley University and West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas. While in Texas, her teaching experience included designing and implementing curriculum for distance learning and the regular classroom technology course. After returning to Utah in 2009, she became part of the exciting new distance learning classes at American Heritage School. She and her husband have six children and seven grandchildren.