Susan McCartney was born in Orlando, Florida, and raised in the small town of Mims, Florida, near the Kennedy Space Center. She is a proud graduate of Astronaut High School, Brevard Community Colle...view moreSusan McCartney was born in Orlando, Florida, and raised in the small town of Mims, Florida, near the Kennedy Space Center. She is a proud graduate of Astronaut High School, Brevard Community College, University of Central Florida, and Argosy University. She has a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from the University of Central Florida and a master’s degree in instructional leadership from Argosy University. Her husband, Stephen McCartney, and her have been married for thirty-one years, and they have a twenty-five-year-old daughter named Tara, who is a chef. They have five great cats, each unusual in their own way. She is a high school teacher at a small, special-needs school in Fort Worth, Texas, called Wedgwood Academy. They work with students who have unique and varied learning styles. She has been blessed to have great and supportive family members on both sides.view less