Shannon Braun holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Montana – Missoula with an emphasis in secondary education. She holds masters degrees through St Mary's and University of California Irvine. She currently teaches mathematics and computer science at Eagan High School.

Shannon embraces formative assessment practices in the classroom and is on the cutting edge of combining educational technology with formative assessment practices. Early in her career, she spent summers working for different educational technology companies.

Despite not having a formal computer science background, Shannon was asked to learn then teach the computer science classes at Eagan High School.  She has developed a passion for the field.  This past school year, she had almost 90% of her students receive a passing score on the AP exam.

Shannon and her husband Robert reside in Eagan with their three boys:  Kevin, Dustin, and Oliver. Outside of the classroom she is a coach for the Eagan High School cross country and track teams and is a spin instructor at Lifetime.