Born under grey skies in an Army hospital in Würzburg, Germany, Shannon spent her peripatetic childhood years in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. After moving to Atlanta in high school, she then earned a BA from Auburn University in mass communications with minors in journalism and visual arts. Shannon has cherished over 30 years of marriage to Stan Baer, a financial advisor with Merrill Lynch in Pasadena. Together they are the parents to Alex (29), Ruby (26), Holly (24), Lily (22), Graham (20), and David (14) Shannon has homeschooled all of her kids and is herself a life-long learner pursuing various educational endeavors including UCLA Extension, Waldorf Education conferences, Education Closet’s STEAM courses, Bethel Women’s Conference, and Hillsdale College online.

For over twenty years, Shannon has been envisioning, leading, instructing and serving communities where teachers, parents, children, and teens thrive. She is constantly humbled and surprised by the great meaning and purpose revealed while serving at FUNdamentals, Christian Assembly, Ecclesia Classes, Protégé Education, WISH, Classical Conversations, Pasadena First Church of the Nazarene, Sierra Madre Congregational Church and SunSeeds. She has participated in the documentaries Class Dismissed, The Lily Baer Story, and The Other Side. Shannon is a minister with the Renaissance Coalition and has a great passion for seeing the transcendence and immanence of Christ through creative processes.