Q: How long have you been teaching?

A: This is my sixteenth year teaching. 

Q: What brought you to Southwest?

A: I wanted to get back into high school to teach art because my previous three years I was in Lakewood Middle School. 

Q: What do you like about teaching at Southwest?

A: I like the faculty, the administration and the students. Both of my kids graduated from this school so I was familiar with the school long before I started teaching here. 

Q: What are you looking forward to this year?

A: I am looking forward to making connections with kids, and learning about them. One of the things I enjoy about teaching art is I get to see students multiple years and watch them grow their skills in art. 

Q: What college did you attend?

A: I have attended three different colleges. I started out at JCCC out of high school, then I went and got my teaching certificate and my bachelor’s degree at UMKC. Then, just last year, I went to Emporia State and got my master’s degree. 

Q: Why did you choose to be an art teacher?

A: I love doing art, I love the variety of it. I’m doing digital imaging, ceramics and art fundamentals so I get to teach students a lot of different styles of art. It just gives me an opportunity to do what I love to do, which is create art, and also teach students how to do it better as well. 

Q: What’s a fun fact about you?

A: A fun fact about me is that I have a twin sister.