Shelby Budd has lived in the Swift Current area her entire life. She received her Bachelors of Education from the University of Regina and her Masters in Educational Technology from the University of British Columbia. Her teaching career began in Val Marie and she is currently the Principal of the Chinook Cyber School – an online school offering programming to support students and schools within the Chinook School Division. Shelby, along with her husband Evan, live north of Swift Current with their two children.