Ms. Botterbusch earned a BS in Education from Millersville University and a MSLS from Wayne State University.
She also earned 59 post graduate hours in education, distance education, library & information sciences, and informal environmental science education.
During the span of her career, she was a school library media specialist, district library/media supervisor, college and university instructor, educational program coordinator and grant writer.
At the university level, she taught courses in new and emerging technologies in education for the University of South Florida, College of Education and Kansas State University, College of Education.
Her favorite position was at the University of South Florida, College of Marine Science where she worked with ocean scientists to develop educational programs for teacher training and assisted them with the educational components of their grant proposals.
She is a published author of peer-reviewed articles and book chapters for topics in copyright in education, and teaching & learning in virtual environments.