Mrs. Laurel Beckstead

Mrs. Beckstead has a B.A in English from Brigham Young University and a Masters Degree in Urban Leadership and Administration from the University of Nevada Las Vegas.

Further to her educational pursuits, she was the recipient for “2010 Young Mother” for the state of Nevada through American Mothers Inc. This is an organization that recognizes mothers who are making a difference in the family and community.

Internationally, Mrs. Beckstead is an educational consultant and administrator to Nanchang No. 3 High School’s International program in partnership with Jiangxi Education Center for International Cooperation in Nanchang, China. She is also a co-founder of a non-profit organization, I am Zambia, educating young women with entrepreneurial skills. This organization also runs a village school and a medical clinic in Lusaka, Zambia.

Her two sons have graduated from AHA and currently attend BYU. Her eldest daughter has graduated from BYU and works for the Pacific Research Institute focusing on reforming education. She is additionally working on her Masters Degree in Public Policy from Pepperdine. Her other daughter has her degree in education from Southern Virginia University and is following in her mother’s footsteps as an educator. She is currently a 5th grade teacher at an elementary school in Virginia.

Mrs. Beckstead loves to travel to historic places, read the classics and listen to the waves of the ocean.