Milton Collins

A native of Charleston, Miss., Mr. Collins attended Rust College in Holly Springs, Miss. on a four-year basketball scholarship, and graduated with a degree in education. He then moved to Kankakee, Ill. where he started his teaching career as a third-grade teacher at Lorenzo Smith School in Hopkins Park, Ill. He went back to school and received a master’s degree in educational leadership from National Louis University in Evanston, Ill. He then held principal positions in school districts in Wisconsin and Arizona, before relocating to Utah and serving as principal at Lincoln Elementary School in the Granite School District.