Mrs. Sherman holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from the University of the Ozarks where she graduated magna cum laude in 1984. After a semester as an adjunct instructor at Arkansas Tech University, she went on to pursue a teaching certificate in secondary education from the University of Central Arkansas. Her post graduate work was done at the University of Texas-Dallas in linguistics. Mrs. Sherman has taught students from Kindergarten through college in her more than 30 years as an instructor.