Eileen Adler earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education from Monmouth College, West Long Branch, New Jersey which became Monmouth University in 1995 and her master’s degree in Early Childhood Education specializing in Montessori from the College of Notre Dame, Belmont, California, becoming Notre Dame de Namur University in 2001. Eileen kept her State of California Teaching Credential active through 2016, retiring from public school teaching but continues to teach knitting to many students, with her motto: “I get you out of the situation you got yourself into.”