As a child, Mrs. O'connor, moved constantly. She was born in Florida, but moved to California when she was 3. Later when she turned 4 she moved to Panama and then to Washington D.C. when she was 8 and back again to San Diego when she was 12.

She attended college in Oregon (University of Oregon) where she studied biology. She graduated in 3 years (really smart), and then went to graduate school in Oakland. She has a master's degree in Educational Technology.

Mr. O'connor is married (too bad guys) to Adam O'connor who according to Mrs. O'connor "..he is a science geek too.." he works doing Immunology Research. They have been married for 5 years and have two kids named Quinn who's 3.5 yrs. and Ronan who's 1.5 yrs. She has been teaching biology for 3 years now here in San Diego High.