Dianne H. Lundy grew up in north Louisiana. After graduating from high school with honors, she attended Harding University in Arkansas, earning a B.S. degree in Vocational Home Economics. She then devoted her life to teaching for thirty-three years, earning two additional graduate degrees in education and being named to Who’s Who Among American Teachers” five times. She was proclaimed a Special Daughter and Ambassador of Good Will for the State of Louisiana by Gov. John Bel Edwards in 2019.