Ms. Henning has been a teacher for over 30 years. She went to the University of Tennessse-Knoxvile and earned a BS in English Education. After teaching high school in Tennessee and middle school in Florida, Ms. Henning and her family moved to Minnesota in 1988. Ms. Henning then went to Hamline University and received her ESL license to teach Kindergarten - Twelth grade students. After teaching for 6 years in private schools in St. Paul, Ms. Henning began teaching at Phalen Lake Elementary, then Roosevelt Elementary, followed by Franklin Music Magnet, Saint Paul Music Academy, and  Washington in Technology Magnet, before coming to LEAP in 2017.