Jeanna Hawthorne began teaching 8th grade math at Kapa`a Middle School in Hawaii. When she moved back to the mainland she taught in Summerville, South Carolina (just outside Charleston) for 6 years. She taught 6th and 7th grade math at DuBose Middle School and Alston Middle School. She moved to Charlotte and taught 7th grade math for 2 years at the charter school, Union Academy. Moving back to Georgia she taught 7th grade math at Rome Middle School, then moved back to Athens to work at Oconee County Middle School. She's been teaching at OCMS since 2015.