Mrs. Elise Hindelang earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of Wooster in Ohio, majoring in Religious Studies and minoring in Education, and obtained an Elementary Education certificate with an early childhood endorsement. She also earned a Master of Education degree from Wayne State University in Detroit, studying educational leadership. Mrs. Hindelang has focused her career on early childhood ages, teaching 3 and 4-year-old preschool classes for eight years at The University Liggett school in Grosse Pointe Woods. She and her husband have four sons who all attend St. Paul Catholic School.