With over 20 years of experience as an interdisciplinary arts educator in both public and independent school settings, I am deeply committed to fostering meaningful educational experiences, developing community-focused programs, and preparing students and teachers with the creative and adaptive skills necessary for the 21st century.

Throughout my career, I have been a leader in curriculum development and pedagogical innovation across the full K–12 spectrum. I’ve taught foundational art and design classes to early learners, facilitated advanced studio courses for high school students, and collaborated with educators to co-develop interdisciplinary classes that combine art, technology, and social justice. At Friends Seminary in New York City, I launched the school’s first capstone visual arts course—Advanced Studio—and grew enrollment fourfold, culminating in a professionally mounted student exhibition in Chelsea. I also co-designed Layered City, an urban studies course that used the city as a site of artistic and civic inquiry. Prior to that, at Peddie School, I taught a broad range of subjects including digital photography, film, painting, architecture, and digital art, while also leading innovative programming such as a student-directed Visiting Artist Series.
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My teaching philosophy is rooted in creative agency, experimentation, and real-world engagement. These values have guided my work across diverse educational settings—from organizing climate justice collaborations between rural and urban schools in the Climate(X)Change program, to guiding middle and high school students in Lisbon through historical research and the creative redesign of public monuments during a residency at the Carlucci American International School.

In parallel with my classroom teaching, I’ve worked extensively with adult learners, particularly in the realm of digital design and arts integration. I have developed and delivered professional development workshops for educators in STEAM and design education, both in-person and through asynchronous online platforms. My focus is on equipping teachers with not only the technical skills needed to navigate tools like TinkerCad and Fusion 360, but also the pedagogical strategies that foster creative risk-taking and student-led innovation. I have designed teacher training modules, authored assessment tools, and led interdisciplinary sessions that blend theory and practice in accessible, engaging formats.

Beyond the classroom, I bring additional expertise in curatorial practice and public programming. I served as Gallery Director at the Mariboe Gallery at Peddie School, where I curated exhibitions by contemporary artists and developed programming that integrated those exhibitions into student learning. I have curated exhibitions for Montclair Design Week, facilitated public conversations for Centre Pompidou’s Night of Ideas, and served as editor for Dense magazine, where I shape conversations around design, art, and the built environment.

As a practicing artist, my work has been exhibited nationally, including at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, the Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Painted Bride Art Center in Philadelphia, Rowan University Art Gallery, and Project 14C in Jersey City. My speculative cartography project (new)jersey) is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago.

I hold a Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Studio from the Maine College of Art & Design, a Master of Arts in Teaching from Johns Hopkins University, and a Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture from Cornell University.