Resume
teaching experience
Deering High School, Portland, ME, 2014-Present
Art I Foundations
Sculpture/3D Design
Advanced Art
AP Studio Art
Past courses taught
Applied Art
Adaptive Art
Ceramics I
Ceramics II
Metalsmithing I
Metalsmithing II
Massabesic High School, Waterboro, ME, 2012-2014
Art I Foundations
Art II
Painting I
Painting II
Ceramics I
Ceramics II
Whiting Village School, Whiting, ME
Fort O’Brien Elementary School, Machiasport, ME
Jonesboro Elementary School, Jonesboro, ME
2011-2012
Pre-K-8 Visual Art
Cobscook Community Learning Center, Trescott, ME, 2012
Fiber Art Camp, Pre-K-8
Drawing, Adult
Portland Pottery School and Supply, Portland, ME, 2007
Pottery Camp, K-8
Maine College of Art, Continuing Studies, Portland, ME, 2001
Saturday School, Ceramics, Middle-High School
Education
Boston University, Boston, MA
MA, Art Education, 2020-2022
University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME
BFA, Art Education, 2007-2011
Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
BFA, Ceramics, 1999-2004
professional development
NAEA National Convention, Envision, Chicago, IL, 2026
Greater Sebago Educational Alliance, Place and Space, 2025
Penobscot Nation Summer Intensive, 2025
Guest Lecturer, Boston University, 2023
Decolonizing Education, 2022
Wabanaki History of the Presumpscot River, 2022
Understanding Wabanaki Languages, Cultures, and Stories, 2019
Visual Thinking Strategies for ELLS, 2018
Supporting ELLS in the RTI Process, 2018
Building Cultural Competency Discussion in Schools, 2018
University of Southern Maine, Guest Lecturer, 2018
Race in the United States, Perspectives for Portland Educators, 2018
Understanding Cultural and Educational Systems of Newcomers from Angola, 2018
“I Learn America” Film Screening and Community Discussion, 2017
Immigration Law, 2017
Exploring the Impact of Poverty in the Classroom, 2017
Linguistic and Cultural Diversity in the Classroom, 2016
Views of Language Minority Parents, 2016
Supporting our Muslim Students and Parents, 2016
International Studies School L.A. Conference, 2016