Lashawn grew up in Redlands, California, and received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Cultural Anthropology in 2002 from California State University, San Bernardino. After the birth of her first child, she decided to explore and learn more about Montessori. She became an assistant in a Toddler Community at Montessori in Redlands School in Redlands, California. After working there for three years, she and her family moved to Cleveland Heights in 2011, where she started as an assistant in the Toddler Community at Ruffing Montessori School. Thereafter, she enrolled in the AMI Assistants to Infancy Training with Dr. Silvia Dubovoy at the Montessori Institute of San Diego in La Jolla, California. In 2018, she successfully completed her Master’s in Montessori Education for children ages 0-3 years from Loyola University in Maryland.

Lashawn enjoys camping, playing the ukulele, and spending time with her three children in her free time.