Tawnya Provenzano graduated from Taylor University with a Bachelor of Arts and a Masters in English Literature from Indiana University. Since earning her graduate degree, she’s been teaching literature courses at IUPUI and has passionately added teaching literature to students at the Academy. She lives on the northeast side of Indianapolis with her husband Nick and has two daughters who were also classically educated both at home and school.

Tawnya delights in exposing her students to good, beautiful, and true books and fostering their connection with life, faith, and other academic disciplines using the stories those books contain.