A native of Eunice and a 1971 graduate of Eunice High School, Dr. Delores Thibodeaux received her doctor of education degree in educational leadership in December 2016 from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
She received a master of arts degree in curriculum and instruction from Concordia University in River Forest, Illinois, and a master of arts degree in educational administration from Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, Illinois.
She received a bachelor of arts degree from Xavier University in New Orleans.
She is presently a principal with the Iberville Parish School Board in Plaquemine and has been a principal in Iberville Parish since 2002. Prior to joining Iberville Parish, she was a teacher and administrator in the Chicago Public School System.