She obtained her Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Baylor University in 1990, and her writing in the program was later used as stellar examples for later doctoral students in the same program. Her 300-page dissertation can be found in college libraries around the country.
In 2003, Dr. Fest wrote a novel which was nominated by the Texas Writer's League as an outstanding work.
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Dr. Fest now lives in her hometown of Seymour, Texas with her husband Claude and their Lhasa Apso "Koko."