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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

• 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

• KAEA Professional Development Conference-, Attended 2006-2010, 2012-2020

• Workshop presenter- 2007-2010, 2012, 2014-2020

• Conference host- 2020

• 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 & EXHIBITIONS

• Walmart Community Mural Program- Murals printed and displayed in 3 stores 2020

• ROAR Honorable Mention Oil Painting 2019

• Arts & Activities Magazine “1st Grade Texture Campfires” article June 2019

• Face to Face Juried Show, 3rd place, People’s Choice, 2019

• SchoolArts Magazine “Tactile Paintings”, February 2018

• NAEA Juried Member Show 2017

• Things with Wings Juried Show, 2nd Place, 2016

• Bold & Bright, Juried, Warehouse 414, 2nd Place, June 2015

• Scholastic Instructor Magazine “Crafting Culture” article featured multicultural art lesson, Holiday 2014

• The Art(ist) Teacher: Works by UNK Art Educators Across the U.S., Oct. 2014

• To Him Be the Glory, Warehouse 414, Feb. 2013

• Arts & Activities Magazine “Hanging on the Clothesline” article December 2012

• Sunflower Cirque, Juried, Warehouse 414, 2011

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

• Murals at Holton Evangel United Methodist Church, 2009