Diane received her Bachelors Degree in elementary education and her Masters Degree in education theory and practice from The Ohio State University. She obtained her Reading Endorsement (kindergarten-12th grade) from Miami University. She has experience teaching at the preschool through 4th grade level.

This is Diane's 10th year teaching first grade at MTCES. Diane and her husband Jose have three children--Allie, a graduate of Otterbein University and now a 3rd grade teacher in Dublin City Schools; Cory (MTCES Class of 2010), a St. Xavier High School graduate who is now a senior the University of Notre Dame; and Tessa (Class of 2014), a senior at Bishop Fenwick High School.