Dr. Sheila Gordon-Holt was born in Managua, Nicaragua where she lived until the age of fifteen. Dr. Holt and her family relocated to the U.S. in 1991. Upon arrival to the U.S.A., Dr. Holt enrolled at E.L. Bowsher High School in Toledo, Ohio where she completed her last two years of high school graduating with honors. Upon graduation, Dr. Holt attended theUniversity of Toledo where she graduated cum laude achieving a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry with a Minor in Spanish.