Linda was born in Provo, Utah but spent the first 18 years of her life traveling and living in many foreign countries with her family while her father built bridges, dams, power plants, and transportation systems. Seeing most of the world and learning about peoples and cultures was the greatest part of Linda’s education but she also attended small, private, classical schools which instilled a love of history and literature that formed the foundational impetus for the method to accomplish Dean’s vision of Developing Servant Leaders and Restoring America’s Heritage.

After graduating from high school in Madrid, Spain, Linda was accepted to Harvard on a full scholarship to study Political Science and International Law. However, after prayerful consideration and encouragement from her parents, she decided to attend Brigham Young University, where she pivoted her academic focus and completed a rigorous five-year program in just three years, graduating with a degree in Commercial Design and Drafting in 1981.

Linda has studied international law while working at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, and she has worked for a design firm in California.

A week after meeting Dean Forman, she said “yes” to his marriage proposal, and together they have built a life full of purpose, faith, and family. Linda considers her greatest accomplishment to be raising their four children—each strong in their values, well-educated, and now raising families of their own. Her grandchildren bring her immense joy and often join her in the garden, one of her favorite pastimes.

Linda has also homeschooled their two youngest children, as well as other youth who have come into their home over the years. She has dedicated many years to teaching in Young Women’s, Primary, and Seminary programs for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She loves reading, gardening, traveling, walking with her German Shepherd, and organizing.

Linda lovingly refers to the founding of John Adams Academy as a “joyful nightmare”—a mission filled with challenges, faith, and countless miracles. She and Dean had no idea how much work, patience, and inspiration it would require. But through the dedication of the Academy’s staff and the guiding hand of the Lord, John Adams Academy has become something far greater than either of them imagined—truly fulfilling its mission to change the world one scholar at a time.