OBJECTIVE 

Creative and dedicated educator committed to building community with collaborative art pieces. Encourages students to develop leadership, responsibility, and distinguished character skills with a global vision as citizens. Resourceful professional who embraces students’ culture and individual creativity. Extensive knowledge in digital art, art history, and a wide variety of art mediums. Skilled at providing positive and informative communication; committed to enhancing overall student success by maintaining productive relationships with students, parents, and staff.

EDUCATION  

Piedmont University 

Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Art Education 

GPA: 4.0 Graduation: Summer 2023 

 

Savannah College of Art and Design   

Bachelor of Arts, School of Digital Media  

Major: Television Producing Minor: Film and Television 

Dean’s List: Two quarters; GPA: 3.26; Graduated: November 2016 

EXPERIENCE 

Visual Art Teacher ⚫  Berkeley Lake Elementary School  (August 2022 - Present) 

2025 - 2026 Guided students through STEAM art lessons that integrated experimentation with a variety of materials. Hosted an in-house field trip for art club students to create sculpture art out of natural found items such as sticks and gumballs in their art.

Developed three collaborative art projects: Collaborative Collage-a-saurus, Printmaking swaps inspired by Robert Indiana’s Love sculpture, and printmaking trading cards.

Attended the National Art Educator Association conference in Chicago, Illinois, for professional development.

Professional Development through iReady on Academic Discourse and Explicit Instruction.

2024 - 2025 Created art lessons inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe western art-themed curriculum. Took art club students to the High Museum in Atlanta to see the exhibition Georgia O’Keeffe: “My New Yorks”.
Certified in Orton-Gillingham dyslexia screening to comply with the Georgia Early Literacy Act.

Attended the Georgia Art Educator Association conference in Atlanta, Georgia, for professional development.

2023 - 2024 Created a circus-themed curriculum of art inspired by Henri de Toulouse Letrec and Pablo Picasso. Additionally, taught students about Claude Monet, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Alma Woodsey Thomas, and René Magritte.

Began teaching pottery techniques to all grade-level students.

2022 - 2023 Taught about Vincent van Gogh, Faith Ringgold, Printmaking inspired by Andy Warhol, Marc Paper Scissors, and Weaving.

Substitute Teacher ⚫ Gwinnett County Public Schools (December 2018 - May 2022) 

Responsible for helping students with their assignments while keeping them on task. 

Shiloh Elementary School (January 2022 – March 2022) – Art teacher for ten weeks. Taught students about Faith Ringgold’s Tar Beach story quilt and graphic design by using their names and Andy Warhol’s printmaking.

Jordan Middle School (November 2021 – January 2022) – ESOL and Reading Connections for eight weeks. This was for a maternity leave. I taught one class of English reading skills to ELL students with my knowledge of the Spanish Language. Then, three Reading Connections classes using the Lucy Calkins reading strategies. 

 Jordan Middle School (December 2020 – May 2021) - Preferred substitute during on-call substitute program. Consistently worked the required two days per week during the on-call substitute program, with additional days requested by teachers. 

Jordan Middle School (August 2019 – September 2019) – In-School Suspension (ISS) for six weeks. I took on this position until the principal could hire someone for the school year. 

Richards Middle School (April 2019) – Art teacher for two weeks. I taught students graphic logos, animal skin texture art, and paper mache sculptures.     

Street Crew Team Member ⚫ Atlanta’s CW 69 (September 2017 – March 2020) 
Responsible for transporting CWag to events from the TV station, engaging with fans, and handing out CWag such as t-shirts, pens, and other CW-branded giveaways at the events.   

Photographer ⚫ Cady Studios (May 2018 - January 2019) Photographed high school seniors, sports teams, individuals, and school faculty group photos. Photographed high school graduations and did graduation rehearsal walkthroughs.  

Film Production Assistant ⚫ Remedy Films Commercials (December 2017 - May 2018)
Responsible for ordering and delivering lunch for the crew, setting up props, and helping talent for the commercial shoots.    

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

  • Duluth Fine Arts League (DFAL) Member since 2019

    • Vice President 2026 - 2028

      • Creating twice-monthly newsletters via Constant Contact

      • Coordinating guest speakers for our monthly meetings

      • Leading our art walks in partnership with the City of Duluth events team. Partnering with Duluth High School's National Honor Society and Beta Club for student volunteers’ assistance with set-up and breakdown for art walks.

      • Coordinating the Lucile Walker Honorary Scholarship for a senior pursuing a degree in the arts field.

    • Secretary 2023 - 2026

      • Took minutes for quarterly board meetings.

      • Led three bake sale fundraising events in conjunction with the Southeastern Railway Museum Festival of Trees on opening day.

  • Golden Retriever Rescue of Atlanta (GRRA) Member since 2018

    • Photographer, Videographer, and Community Events Team

 ART EXHIBITIONS

  • The Arts Center of Johns Creek, Upcycled: ReClaimed and Reimagined Spring 2026.

    • Smile Lamp and Discarded Vision were selected for this show.

  • Nighttime Photography on display at Duluth City Hall from July 2021 – April 2022

  • Gwinnett County Fair Exhibition: miscellaneous art, Fall 2015

AWARDS 

  • NATAS Southeast Emmy 2017 award for College: Public Service (PSA) for “Get out and Vote RED, WHITE and BLUE” (Associate producer credit) 2017

  • Agricultural Daily Mail: The Best Farm Photo for the Week October 15 - 21, 2016

  • First Place Winner, Drippy Crayons #1 miscellaneous art at Gwinnett County Fair 2015

  CERTIFICATIONS 

  • American Heart Association Basic Life Support/ CPR/ AED

  • American Red Cross First Aid

EXPERTISE 

  • Painting, Drawings, Textile Arts, Printmaking, Pottery, Sculptures, Art History

  • Adobe: Illustrator, Lightroom, Photoshop, Premiere, InDesign

  • Daytime Photography, Nighttime Photography, and Photography Posing

  • Video Editing, Set Design, Three Point Lighting

  • Microsoft Office, G-Suite, Quizizz, Apple Computers/ iMac

  • Sound Design, Video Production, Screenwriting