Linda received her bachelor’s degree in medical technology from Penn State University, her master’s degree from the University of Pittsburgh and PhD in educational leadership at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. She has over 25 years’ experience teaching urinalysis, hematology, and clinical chemistry in Pennsylvania, Washington State, Missouri, and Illinois. Her bench experience includes routine hematology and coagulation, urinalysis, special chemistry, and research. Currently she is chair and associate professor of Clinical Laboratory Science at the University of Illinois at Springfield.