Dr. Ruth Edwards is a native of Awendaw (AW-win-daw), SC. She was educated in the Charleston County School System and graduated from Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, NC with a degree in communications. She’s an award-winning TV producer/host. She earned a PhD in Human Development with an MS in organizational systems at Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, CA, and holds a master’s in education from SIU-Carbondale. She is currently Director of Education at the Winter Park Library.