Barb Pederson graduated from the College of St. Scholastica with majors in Home Economics and Family Life Education. She received her Masters of Education from the University of Minnesota, Duluth. She is currently the Work Based Learning coordinator and the International Baccalaureate Career Program coordinator at Roosevelt High School, a position she has held since Roosevelt began its CP journey as an international IBCC pilot project in 2009. She has been active in IB as a consultant, and site visitor.