Denise Buskirk was born and raised in California. She has lived in San Diego, the San Francisco Bay Area and has spent most of her time living in Orange County. She graduated from Chapman University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Her passion however is teaching. She homeschooled her own children in their younger years, was administrator of the Grace Classical Academy homeschool ISP, and also taught 3rd and 4th grade at Grace Classical Academy as well as a 6th/7th grade Language Arts class at Grace Classical Academy. She also spent a year teaching at Heart Christian Academy. She engages her students in the learning process by using the students’ five senses through Socratic discussion, movement, games, and chants so that the student is not just reading from a text but experiencing and applying what they are learning.