Hello, Wildcats!

This is my 24th year teaching (all Art, all high school and all in Plano ISD), and this is my sixth year teaching at Plano Senior. I absolutely love being a part of this campus and all of its traditions. Go Cats!! Although rooted in tradition, every day is new and exciting...which is awesome! Sharing what I love doing (creating art) and watching my students grow artistically as well as indvidually is what I enjoy the most. Just can't beat it!! I can't imagine doing anything else day to day. 

I grew up in the Dallas area, then went to Texas Tech (Wreck 'em!) for my undergraduate degree, earning a BFA in Visual Arts with K-12 Art Education Certification. After teaching a few years I started working on my Masters degree and earned a MAT (Masters of Art in Teaching) in Aesthetics of Visual Studies from UT Dallas. 

My life outside of school includes my husband and son (10 years old). My son attends a Plano elementary school. One of his favorite things is to come to the Senior High and see what the "big kids" are making and doing! My personal art (when I have time...ha!) is typically mixed media that includes painting, drawing and collage. 

I am currently teaching AP Drawing and AP 2D Design. I am also the Art Department Chair for PSHS Visual Arts and the sponsor for our campus' National Art Honor Society. 

"Every artist was once an amateur." - Ralph Waldo Emerson