Ms. Kissiah attended college at Florida State University and has been teaching thirty-eight years  She grew up in Merritt Island, Florida, just miles from NASA. Her summer job during college was working as an inspector at NASA/Kennedy Space Center when the Space Shuttle Columbia was being built.

Ms. Kissiah has two wonderful children who are "educated and employed"and on their way in life. She loves spending time with her family, friends and dogs. Her hobbies are travel, kayaking, reading.