Mrs. Spivak is a native of Alabama. She has a Bachelor&aposs of Science in Marketing from the University of Alabama Birmingham and is pursuing her Master&aposs in Elementary Education from Alabama A&M University (completing in December 2008).

Mrs. Spivak is married with one child. She has been with Holy Spirit since 2000, first as a substitute converting to full time teacher's aide in 2002.

Philosophy of Education:
"Plants are shaped by cultivation and men by education....We are born weak, we need strength; we are born totally unprovided, we need aid; we are born stupid, we need judgment. Everything we do not have at our birth and which we need when we are grown is given us by education."   Jean Jacques Rousseau