Ms. O’Brien attended Plainfield Community Schools from Kindergarten through her senior year in high school. During high school, she competed in volleyball, basketball, softball, and cheerleading. She was her Class Vice President and a member of Spanish Club and Student Council.  Ms. O’Brien graduated in 1994 in the top 10 of her class. After graduation, she attended the University of Indianapolis and earned her undergraduate degree in Elementary Education. While at UIndy, she participated in cheerleading and intramurals. She graduated with honors from the University of Indianapolis in 1998. Ms. O’Brien began her teaching career as a 7th grade math, Pre-Algebra, and 8th grade Algebra teacher at Decatur Middle School. During her first few years as a teacher, she coached volleyball, basketball, softball, and cheerleading. After nine years of service in the classroom and being selected as Teacher of the Year for her building, she transitioned within DMS to become the Instructional Coach and then Master Teacher.  Ms. O’Brien served as Assistant Principal and Interim Principal her last three years at DMS. She holds a Master’s Degree in Educational Technology from IU and conducted her administrative license work at OCU. Ms. O’Brien and her family reside in Plainfield.