Professional Roles, Awards, and Recognitions
Current
West Hall High School Fine Arts Department Chair (since 2025)
AP Art & Design Portfolio Reader (since 2023)
Co-President of GAEA District 2 (since 2020)
West Hall High School Visual Arts Teacher (since 2019)
2025
Georgia Department of Education Fine Arts Advisory Council
NAEA Conference Presenter - Unlocking Success: Insights from AP Art and Design Readers
NAEA Conference Presenter - Unlocking Potential: Exploring Literacy in Arts Education
2024
Georgia Department of Education Fine Arts Advisory Council
Hall County School District Teacher Summer Art Camp Coordinator
Hall County School District Honors Art Curriculum Development
Georgia Art Education Association National Art Honor Society Confernece Coordinator - Brenau University
Georgia Art Education Association Awards Committee
GAEA Conference Presenter - Unlocking Success: Insights from AP Art and Design Readers
GAEA Conference Presenter - Unlocking Potential: Exploring Literacy in Arts Education
2023
Georgia Art Education Association Outstanding Secondary Art Educator
GAEA Conference Presenter - Event and Conference Planning 101: Basic Steps for Success
GAEA Conference Presenter - AP Art and Design Portfolios: What to do and what not to do
2022
AP Fellows Scholarship
Georgia Art Education Association Fall Conference Committee - Piedmont College
Business Representative for the Georgia Art Education Association (2017-2022)
2019
Georgia Art Education Association Fall Conference Coordinator – Young Harris College
University of North Georgia Pre-Service Art Teacher Mentor
Peachtree Ridge High School Visual Arts Teacher (2017-2019)
2018
Georgia Art Education Association Outstanding National Art Honor Society Sponsor
Judge Gwinnett County Governor’s Honors Nominees (2016-2018)
NAHS Conference Presenter - Representational Abstracting with Oil Pastel
Preservice Workshop Presenter for Hall County Schools - Kandinsky Inspired Art
NAEA Conference Presenter - Using the Visual Art Journal to Discover the Student Voice
NAEA Conference Presenter - Keys to successful submissions “The art of submitting art”
2017
National Scholastic Gold Key Teacher Recipient
Gwinnett County Public Schools’ Art Standards Alignment
National AP Conference Presenter - AP Studio Art: Everything You Need to Know from A to Z
GAEA Conference Presenter - Using the Visual Art Journal to Discover the Student Voice
Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Fine Arts Department Chair (2012-2017)
Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology Visual Arts Teacher (2009-2017)
2016
Georgia State University Pre-Service Art Teacher Mentor
GSMST TOTAL (Training or Teachers as Leaders) Creator (2014-2016)
2014
Spruill Center for the Arts Summer Guest Instructor
2013
Gwinnett Teachers as Leaders
2012
Gwinnett County Public Schools county wide visual art exam development
2009
Georgia Southern University Pre-Service Art Teacher Mentor (since 2005-2009)
Southeast Bulloch High School Fine Arts Department Chair (2004-2009)
Southeast Bulloch High School Visual Arts Teacher (2001-2009)
2007
Southeast Bulloch High School STAR Teacher
Georgia Southern University Art Education Alignment Committee
2006
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers
2005
Averitt Center for the Arts Guest Art Instructor
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers
2002
Southeast Bulloch High School STAR Teacher
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers
2001
Calvary Baptist Day School Visual Arts Teacher (1997-2001)