A Dallas native and the daughter of the late Henry and Ethel Hughes.  Growing up in Dallas, she was a member of the Cedar Crest Church of Christ under the leadership of the late C. C. Locke until she met and married Glenn Glass.  To their union, they produced one child, their daughter, Amanda and have been married 25 years.

She is 15-year-veteran of her native school system, the Dallas Independent School District. She is the career and technology educator at D.A. Hulcy Middle School where she has served as Student Council Advisor, University Interscholastic League Coach, and volunteered with the Athletic Department, and Campus Instructional Leader Team (CILT). During her 15 years in education, she has been selected as teacher of the year six times by D. A. Hulcy Middle School, Special Education Department, the Rotary Club of Dallas, and Junior Achievement of Dallas. These honors have come to her over the past eight years.  She has currently been nominated by Junior Achievement of Dallas for Volunteer of the Year, a 2010 Recipient of the Southwestern Christian College Hall of Fame Award.

In addition to her career in public education, she works in the education department at Greenville Avenue Church of Christ with Vacation Bible School, co-teacher of the Teen Sister Talk Class, and works on the Graduating Senior Committee.

Jeannette has an Associate of Science Degree from Southwestern Christian College, a Bachelors of Science in Education from Lubbock Christian University and will receive her Masters of Administration and Supervision from the University of Phoenix in July 2010.