Jenny Hyde was born in Las Cruces, New Mexico, but lived in Hillsboro, NM until eighth grade. Hillsboro is a tiny ranch town that has a population of one hundred people, and boasts one paved road! Growing up in that tight community taught Jenny that everyone has amazing skills and interesting perspectives to share.
After high school, Jenny majored in Early Elementary Education at NMSU, but got inspired by literature and art, and decided to travel. After backpacking through Western Europe, she wound up in Rochester, New York, and stayed to experience winter. While in Rochester Jenny attended Monroe Community College, graduating with an Associates Degree before transferring to UT Austin (where winter is more palatable). After graduating with a degree in Mathematics, she worked as an actuary at the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. No job could compete with baby snuggles though, so when her daughter was born she became a stay at home mom.
Jenny spent the last three years volunteering, coaching Math Pentathlon and substitute teaching at her daughter’s school, before taking the double plunge of homeschooling for the first time and becoming the Math Lab 3 guide this year!