Linda Saito has a M.M.E. in Music Education from George Peabody College for Teachers, and a B.A. in Music from Belmont University. She has worked as a music teacher at the Kwethluk Community School and Kotzebue Middle/High School. She also worked for 3 years as a Reading Specialist at June Nelson Elementary. She has served in her present position as the Director of Curriculum and Instruction for the Northwest Arctic Borough School District since 2006.