DeLaina Tonks

DeLaina has been involved in education since 1991. Prior to serving as the Principal at Mountain Heights Academy, Utah’s premier digital charter school, DeLaina taught high school French and Spanish, and worked as an instructional designer in Upper Arlington, Ohio. She is a 2014 “Best of
State – Principal” winner and was named as one of Utah Business’s “30 Women to Watch.” She is PhD candidate in Instructional Psychology and Technology at Brigham Young University, her initial alma mater, where she earned a BA in French and Spanish Teaching. She also holds a Master of Arts in Second Language Acquisition from the Ohio State University. DeLaina and her husband, Paul, have three daughters and one son.