Mrs. Passow is a graduate of Ursuline College with a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics. Academically, her interests are math, American history, reading, sociology, and psychology. She has pursued further study in these areas at the following institutions: Kent State, Ashland University, Notre Dame College, and Lake Erie College.

Accomplishment- wise, she is pleased to have spent her teaching career in the schools of the Diocese of Cleveland, the last nineteen years being at St. Mary of the Assumption.

Mrs. Passow is widowed, and is the proud mother of three married children; one daughter, and twin sons. She is also the grandmother of six grandchildren; two boys and four girls. Sharing her love of reading, sewing, needlework, quilting, and crafts with her family and friends gives her pleasure.