Sharlan has an expansive background in music, but chose to continue her education in Technical Communication, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Technical Communication from LCU in 2012. After taking some time off to complete a CD of mostly original tunes and doing some traveling, she has returned to campus as administrative assistant to the LCU Department of Nursing, which includes being the event coordinator for the elegant Talkington Center for Nursing Education. Sharlan also free-lances as a copyright researcher for various faith-based organizations and teaches beginning hymn writing at the Singing School at ACU each summer.
Sharlan and her husband, Mike, have two daughters who are also LCU graduates