Stacie Roundtree was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1962 to a middle class family with four other siblings. Growing up in Ohio, her God mother was a teacher as well as a Child Development Major; so Stacie was surrounded by an affinity for children her entire life. She always loved to play school as a child and was the local babysitter for both her family and everyone in the neighborhood.

In 1986, Stacie move to California and worked in real estate for approximately 10 years. During this time, she also served in the children’s ministry at her church where she found a higher calling toward the development of young minds. After much prayer, Stacie and her husband, Zarvar, agreed that she would quit her job and begin homeschooling their then three-year-old son full time. Soon she added a second student, another three-year-old of a close family friend, and before she knew it, Training Children Childcare & Learning Center was born.