Kim Sawyers graduated from East Surry High School and attended the University of North Carolina at Charlotte as a North Carolina Teaching Fellow. At UNCC, she received a degree in Elementary Education with a concentration in History. Following graduation, she taught with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System for four years. She has taught at Millennium Charter Academy since its opening in the fall of 2000. Ms. Sawyers is also a Core Knowledge consultant and spends her summers assisting other schools getting started in the Core Knowledge Curriculum.