Tony Stansberry grew up on a farm in Southwest Missouri, where the eastern, hardwood forests meet the western prairie. He is an educator with three graduate degrees and forty-five ...view moreTony Stansberry grew up on a farm in Southwest Missouri, where the eastern, hardwood forests meet the western prairie. He is an educator with three graduate degrees and forty-five years in public education. He is also a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College with the retired rank of Brigadier General. Currently, Tony serves as the Kansas City Area Instructional Supervisor for the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. He and his wife, Christine, live in Shawnee, Kansas near their daughter and two grandsons.view less