Teaching is most meaningful when students feel curious, engaged, and connected to their learning. With experience in both elementary and visual arts education, classroom instruction is approached through creativity, exploration, and student-centered learning experiences that encourage students to think critically, collaborate, and express their ideas with confidence. Strong emphasis is placed on creating supportive classroom environments where students feel safe taking risks, experimenting, and discovering their own voice.

Professional interests include interdisciplinary curriculum design, STEAM education, environmental and outdoor learning, and integrating the arts across subject areas in meaningful ways. By connecting art with literacy, science, storytelling, technology, and hands-on inquiry, learning becomes more engaging, accessible, and memorable for diverse learners. Creative education has the power to strengthen not only academic growth, but also curiosity, resilience, communication, and connection to the world around us.

Outside the classroom, interests include hiking, gardening, ceramics, community arts, and exploring ways creativity can connect people more deeply to the natural world.