Cristin Chaffin forged her path fostering young leaders in 1998 as a junior high teacher. In the fall of 2006, she accepted her first assistant principal position within the juvenile justice system. She has been blessed to continue her administrative journey lovingly serving kids alongside an abundance of equally impassioned educators in elementary, junior high and high school. Mrs. Chaffin enjoyed almost 25 years of marriage before her husband passed away in 2020. Her amazing son Cayden, is attending UT Tyler as an Honors Scholar. Mrs. Chaffin holds a Bachelor's Degree from The University of Texas at Arlington, a Masters in Education Administration from Grand Canyon University, and strongly believes in the magic and potential every child holds.