Susan Ingermann is the founder and lead instructor of Servant's Heart Isshinyu Karate School. She is a san dan, 3rd degree black belt in Isshinryu Karate and a 1st degree black belt in Ryukyu Kobudo Shimbukan, She has been teaching karate and kobudo for over 10 years. She holds a degree in elementary education from Purdue University. Teaching runs in her blood as her mother was a pioneer in special education and her father was a professor of mechanical engineering at Purdue University.