Trustee Ross-Bacon has been very active in the Cedar Hill community. Ross-Bacon and her husband, Troy, are the proud parents of five sons, the youngest of whom, Thaddaeus, is a Cedar Hill Collegiate High School Class of 2015 Graduate.

Ross-Bacon served in several parent leadership organizations at Collegiate High School. She believes that collaboratively working with the parents, teachers, scholars, staff and administration is the key to making CHISD a premier educational system that will contribute to the city’s vitality.

Ross-Bacon is a retired US Navy Gulf War Combat Veteran. She began serving her country in 1984 as a Vertical Launch Missile and Missile System Specialist and retired from the military in 2002. She is a chapter officer for the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Chapter 42.

Ross-Bacon has committed her career to working as a Substance Abuse, Co-Dependency and Career Counselor. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and an Associates of Liberal Arts, both from Saint Leo University in Florida. She has two Associates degrees from Eastfield College in Mesquite in Substance Abuse Counseling and Social Work, respectively. She has many certificates and endorsements from institutes of higher learning in the Virginia Beach area.

A founder and owner of “A Mother’s Love Preschool and Daycare”, Ross-Bacon developed a preschool readiness curriculum that set the academic foundation for scholars, before their entry into the public school system. She is also the founder of the Village Foundation Youth Initiative Inc., an organization that provides disability, educational and financial assistance. She is a member of the Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship Church. She is on the Veterans and Small Group Ministry at the Church.