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 Education

• Master’s in Art Education, University of Nebraska at Kearney, 2016
• Bachelor of Science in Education, Art Education, Minor Art History, Emporia State University, 2009

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Jackson Heights USD 335 K-12 Art Teacher 2015-Present

• Auburn Washburn USD 437 K-6 Art Teacher 2009-2015

NAEA

• NAEA National Convention- Attended Chicago convention 2016, virtual 2020, San Antonio 2023

• Presented Choice Based Art History Workshop, 2023

• NAEA Choice Art proposals reviewer, 2020

• NAEA Western Regional Leadership Conference- Attended in Elmhurst, IL 2017

• NAEA Website award review committee, 2013

KAEA

• KAEA Webmaster 2011-Present

• Chair of KAEA social media committee

• Presented to Kansas State Board of Education on Fine Arts Credit for High School Graduation 2022

• KAEA Professional Development Conference-, Attended 2006-2010, 2012-2022

• Workshop presenter- 2007-2010, 2012, 2014-2021

• Conference host- 2020

• KAEA Spring Virtual Professional Development Conference Host and Presenter 2022-2023

• KAEA Outstanding K-12 Art Educator of the Year, 2021

• Online Art Teachers- Camp OATK12 Summer Conference- Attended and Presented 2020

• TAB KC Conference- attendee and presenter 2019

• KAEA Outstanding Elementary Art Educator of the Year 2014

• KAEA Grants 2009-2010

• KAEA Student Representative 2007-2009

• ESU Student Chapter of NAEA Treasurer, President, Member 2006-2008

LEADERSHIP ROLES

• Jackson Heights USD 335 High School and Middle School Building Leadership Team, District Leadership Team 2016-present

• JHHS/JHMS Mentor for new middle and high school teachers, 2017-present

• North Jackson NEA Secretary, Negotiations Team

• Jackson County Arts

• co-founded the Jackson County Art Walk 2012

• Art Walk Chair

• Served as vice president, secretary, and president

PUBLICATIONS

• Arts & Activities Magazine “1st Grade Texture Campfires” article June 2019, “Hanging on the Clothesline” article December 2012

• SchoolArts Magazine “Tactile Paintings” article February 2018

• Scholastic Instructor Magazine “Crafting Culture” article Holiday 2014

• KANSAS! Magazine Photographs published in Spring 2009, Summer 2009, Spring 2010, Summer 2011

EXHIBITIONS & PUBLIC ART

• Symphony in the Flint Hills Art Exhibition & Auction- 2023
• Painted Prairie Pickers Mural at Prairie Lake, Holton, KS- 2023
• Topeka Art Guild & Gallery “Reflections” Show, 3rd place- 2023
• ROAR art show- Honorable Mention- 2019, 2022
• Painted mural at Holton Community Hospital- 2022
• Sunflower Mural at Holton Municipal Swimming Pool - 2022
• Your Community, Your Story Juried Show, 1st place, HM- 2022
• Jackson County Art Walk, member and solo shows- 2012-2022
• KAEA Member Exhibition- 2008-2022
• Kansas-themed juried art show, JaCo Art Walk, 1st place- 2022
• Walmart Community Mural Program- Murals printed and displayed in 3 stores- 2020
• Face to Face Juried Show, 3rd place, People’s Choice- 2019
• NAEA Juried Member Show- 2017
• Things with Wings Juried Show, 2nd Place- 2016
• Bold & Bright, Juried, Warehouse 414, 2nd Place- June 2015
• The Art(ist) Teacher: Works by UNK Art Educators Across the U.S.- Oct. 2014
• Brainscapes- Creation from Inside, Two Wolves Studio- Sept. 2014
• Auburn Washburn Faculty Show- 2010-2014
• Tennis Court Mural Linscott Park, Holton, KS- Designer and lead painter- 2014
• To Him Be the Glory, Warehouse 414- Feb. 2013
• Portraits, Characters, and Heroes, Two Wolves Studio- Apr. 2013
• Sunflower Cirque, Juried, Warehouse 414- Oct. 2011
• Murals at Holton Evangel United Methodist Church- 2009
• Senior Art Exhibition at ESU- Fall 2008
• ESU Annual Juried Student Art Exhibit- 2006-2008