Jessica Slade earned her bachelor’s degree in Theatre Arts from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA. She earned her Masters of Education degree in Early Childhood Education from UTEP. She graduated with her PhD in Teaching, Learning and Culture from UTEP in December 2018. Jessica Slade has ten years’ experience teaching early childhood, birth through kindergarten in a variety of educational settings. She began teaching undergraduate college courses in the Fall of 2014 for the Teacher Education Department. Since then she has taught undergraduate courses in Art, Play and Learning, and Language and Literacy; and courses at the Master's level.