Kristen Schreder was born and raised in Redding, and after graduating from Enterprise High School she attended Shasta College and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Social Science from California State University, Chico. She completed certified paralegal training at The National Center for Paralegal Training in Atlanta, Georgia. She worked in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Sacramento before returning to her home town in 1994. Kristen is married to Jack Schreder and between them they have seven children and 15 grandchildren.
For more than 32 years the Schreder’s have run a successful educational consulting firm, Jack Schreder & Associates, providing assistance to hundreds of California school districts to help plan and fund the construction and renovation of school facilities, including over $70 million for Redding area schools. Kristen and her husband also are currently developing two residential subdivisions in McCloud, CA and run a family ranch in Igo.