Mary Jenkins is a retired elementary teacher from Pineville, Kentucky. She is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Union College, with a Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Rank I Degree in Elementary Education. She enjoys traveling, songwriting, reading, and singing and playing folk songs on her guitar. She is a former Sunday School teacher and youth leader. She is married to Ed Jenkins, and they have one son, Ben, who plays banjo, and his wife, Kathryn, who plays fiddle. Mary and her husband currently reside in Pineville, with their dog, Mandy.