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 ​Education
2016       Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL 
                 M.A. Special Education LBS1
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2014        University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign                      B.F.A.  Art Education

Certification
​Professional Educator License (PEL)
Visual Arts Grades K-12 endorsement​
Learning Behavior Specialist 1 endorsement 

​Teaching + Other Experience
2019                        Acrylic Painting Instructor
                                 Evanston Art Center
                                 Evanston, Illinois 
 
2019 - present      Paint Party Instructor, BrentArt
                                BrentArt LLC
                                Chicago, Illinois 

2017 - present      Art & Special Education Teacher
                                 Case Manager & Ceramics Club Support
                                                    
2018                       Children's Visual Arts Teacher
                                Summer Arts Camp, Evanston, IL

2016 - 2017          Elementary Special Education Teacher                                                        Art Club Sponsor                                 
                                Chicago International Charter Schools
                                Chicago, Illinois 

2015-2016           Visual/Digital Arts Teacher
                               Graphic Arts Club Sponsor
                               Niles Township High Schools District 219
                               Skokie, Illinois 

2015                      Children's Summer Ceramics Instructor
                               Beverly Arts Center
                               Chicago, Illinois
                 
2014-2015            Visual Arts Teacher
                                Art Club Sponsor 
                               Academic Resource Instructor
                                Argo Community High School
                                Summit,  Illinois           

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Select Group Exhibitions
2019      Spring Thing Art Show
​                Greenleaf Art Center, Chicago, IL

2019      Resist 3 Art Show, Urbana, IL

2018       Bucktown Holiday Art Show, Chicago, IL

2018       IHSAE 4th Annual Art Educator Show, 
                Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL

2018       Resist 2.0 Art Show, Independent Media Center, Urbana, IL
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2017       Resist Art Show, Independent Media Center, Urbana, IL
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2016       IHSAE 2nd Annual Art Educator Show, 
                Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL

2015        Teachers as Artists, Skokie Library, Skokie, IL

2012        Illini Union Gallery Show, Illini Union, Champaign, IL
               
2009      Connections: Energy, Visual Arts and Our Environment, 
​                BP  A+ for Energy Program, Oak Lawn, IL

                Mother McAuley Art Department Show,
                Franklin Framing, Blue Island, IL


Noted Accomplishments 
2019         ETHS Black Summit Expression Space Facilitator 
                  Evanston, IL

2018         IAEA Annual Conference Presenter/Panelist
                   Bloomington-Normal, IL

2014          NASPA Undergraduate Fellow
                   University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2014         YWCA Women in Leadership Program Graduate
                   Champaign, IL

2010          Lois Marie Orr Art & Design Scholar
                   University of  Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2009          Illinois General Assembly Scholar
                   University of  Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2009          Daniel Murphy Scholar
                   Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School 

2002          Big Shoulders Scholar