Education and Certifications

2019 Master of Fine Art, Maryland Institute College of Art (Baltimore, MD)

2014 Bachelor of Fine Art, Birmingham-Southern College (Birmingham, AL)

2014 Teacher Certification, P-12 Visual Art (Alabama)

2015 Certificate, Teaching English as a Foreign Language, International TEFL Academy (Chicago, IL)

Teaching Experience

2019-present Site Manager, Out-of-School-Time Arts Programming

Access Art (Baltimore, MD)

2019 High School Teacher, Long-term substitute

Baltimore Lab School (Baltimore, MD)

2019 Curriculum Specialist

HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society), Silver Spring, MD

2017 - 2019 Artist in Residence, Art Teacher, and Community Art Collaborative Member

Baltimore City Community College Refugee Youth Project (Baltimore, MD)

2018 - 2019 Graduate Teaching Intern

Maryland Institute College of Art (Baltimore, MD)

2018 - 2019 Graduate Program Assistant, MFA in Community Arts program

Maryland Institute College of Art (Baltimore, MD)

2016 - 2017 Art Educator, K-8

Daegu International School (Daegu, South Korea)

2015 - 2016 Princeton in Africa Fellow and Teacher, Junior Secondary Art and History

Maru-a-Pula School (Gaborone, Botswana)

2015 Assistant Teacher, Preschool

Hand-in-Hand Early Learning Center, United Ability (Birmingham, AL)

2014 Head of Arts and Crafts

Camp DeSoto (Mentone, AL)

2020 As It Should Be, Gallery CA (Baltimore, MD)

2019 inFusion East Baltimore Film Festival: Are We Loud Enough? MICA PLACE with Fusion Partnerships

2019 LAUNCH, Maryland Institute College of Art

2019 MFA Grad Show, Maryland Institute College of Art at Institute of Contemporary Art, Baltimore

2019 NASAD exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art

2019 Cine Freud Film Festival, MICA-JHU Film Centre

2018 Graduate Research Development Grant, Maryland Institute College of Art

2018 Interplay group show, Maryland Institute College of Art

2017, 2020 Community Engagement Grant, Maryland Institute College of Art

2017 Y.L. Hoi Memorial Award funding for projects addressing ethnocentrism and racism, Maryland Institute College of Art

2014 Pre-service Teacher of the Year, Alabama Art Education Association

2014 Excellence in Interdisciplinary Studio Award, Birmingham-Southern College

2014 BFA Showcase Exhibition, Birmingham-Southern College

2013 Fine Arts Society Young Scholars Award, Birmingham-Southern College

2011, 2013, 2014 Annual Juried Exhibition, Birmingham-Southern College