Diane Euston

Background

About Diane Euston

Diane Euston attended St. Thomas More grade school, Grandview High School and Notre Dame de Sion. She grew up in the area which was originally part of New Santa Fe, a town in Jackson County, Missouri on the Santa Fe Trail. She graduated from Avila University with a B.A. in Communication in 2004. She entered the wine industry and volunteered at her old grade school as a volleyball coach. After working in sales in the wine and liquor business, Diane knew her heart was in education. She returned to school, first earning her Certification in High School English. She began teaching at an inner city charter school. In 2013, she earned her Masters of Education in Teaching and Learning from Avila University. She is a high school teacher in the Kansas City area, teaches a class called Crossroads of America: Survey of Kansas City, writes a History column in the Martin City Telegraph bi-monthly, serves as treasurer on the Board of Directors for the BMA Foundation, and devotes much of her outside time to historic preservation. She was honored to receive an "Excellence in Historic Preservation" award in October 2017 from the NSDAR.