Qualifications:

• Professional Level Licensed Visual Arts Secondary Education (K-12), Visual Art (6-12)
• BA in Design - Brigham Young University (1999)
• Master of Arts in Education with a K-12 Classroom Emphasis - University of Nebraska Kearney (2021)  
• Curriculum aligned with State and National Visual Arts Standards
• Spalding Trained Teacher
• In Education since 2016
• At Thomas Edison Charter Schools since 2016
• Adjunct Professor at USU since 2024

I love teaching art at Thomas Edison! It is my joy to be with the students daily. I'm often asked which grade is my favorite to teach? In all honesty, I can't imagine not teaching any one of the grades. It's so fun to see the delight in the eyes of the of the younger students and yet I love the daily interaction with the middle school students. Each art lesson is focused to expose students to a variety of methods, materials, and techniques while relating projects to historic art pieces and artists.