Founder

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These are my dear loves, Eli and Emilia.  

I'm one lucky mama.

I am an educator. I love using art, stories and nature as a vessel for all of our learning.  I believe our greatest calling in education is to nurture the dreams and imaginations of our little ones as we build their confidence as learners.  We place a critical importance in those imagined things here.  We want to build the stories and the visions that become our creations- our prideful moments of wonder.  We start from our hearts, bodies, hands then support our academic pursuits.

People usually like to know these things: I have a degree in Art History and Anthropology.  I have a multiple subject credential and a credential in Art.  In my career as a public educator, I taught SPED, English Language Learners, gifted students and all grades TK-6th in some capacity for over a decade.  I have founded a GATE program. Worked in curriculum development.  I worked in school leadership roles.  I trained and mentored other teachers.  I moved into a role as a VAPA teacher (Visual and Performing Arts) locally.  I've studied teaching pedagogy and art education.  

We are always learning.  All of us. 

Welcome.  Nice to see you here.