Inspirations and Education  

• Grew up playing in the woods and waters of South Florida's Indian River Lagoon, one of the most bio-diverse estuaries in the world 
• Struggled with academics, finding refuge and recoginition in creating art 
• BFA in Painting from Savannah College of Art and Design   
• EcoArt Treasure Coast apprentice, mentored by pioneering water EcoArtist, Betsy Damon and activist/art historian, Dr. Mary Jo Aagerstoun 
• Assistant to pioneering wildlife EcoArtist, Lynne Hull

 Innovations and Collaborations   

• 2015- Founding member of Artists for Climate Action
• 2013- Founding member and exhibitor at the Love the Everglades Movement Summer Symposium
• 2013-16 EcoArtist in residence, City of Stuart Storm water Management
• 2012-13 Character Designer for GlobHammer Studios, Bushwick, NYC
• 2012- Founding member, organizer and artist for River Justice League
• 2009-14 Martin County Advisory Board member of EcoArt South Florida
• 2009-11 Partnered with Audubon Society ornithologists to construct experimental bird and insect habitats
• 2009-17 Artist in residence at Florida Oceanographic Society Coastal Center

Instructional Experience 

• Over 15 years as an Art Educator in Montessori, K-12 Public and Adult Ed
• 2015-16 Director of Storm Drain Mural Artist and Youth Intervention for the HighWaterLine project, Delray Beach2011-12 Mentored High School AP art students in EcoArt theory and practice culminating in a public exhibition 
• 2011-13 Teaching Artist with the Center for Creative Education, Palm Beach County 
• 2010-13 Facilitated EcoArt workshops with Boys and Girls Clubs of Martin County 
• 2009- Director of EcoArt projects in Palm Beach and Martin County

    Recognitions   

• 2013 Recipient of the Arts and Healing Network Honoring the Next Generation Award 
• 2011-12 Women Supporting the Arts Grant Winner 
• 1999 SCAD Portfolio Scholarship   

Exhibtions 

•  2017 SIXTH, “Never too Late” digital collage series,  Bridge red Studios, North Miami, FL 
• 2016 Artists of the Art Solon, "Inspiration" ceramic, Amory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
• 2016 New American Patriot, Installation and storm drain mural, The Box Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
• 2016 Art of Sustainability Symposium, Habitat Sculpture, Eastern Florida State College, Palm Bay, FL
• 2015 Blued Trees, Collaborative project with EcoArtist, Aviva Rihmani, Indian River Lagoon, FL
• 2014 What’s the Buzz About, Exhibition of Bee Habitat Sculpture designs, Art on Park, Lake Park, FL
• 2013 The Lounge Series (New Paintings) Martin County Arts Council, Stuart, FL
• 2012 EcoArt Works! Artigras, Jupiter, FL
• 2011 New Works, Cristina de la Vega Gallery, Stuart, FL
• 2010 Living on the Edge, Treasure Coast EcoArt capstone exhibition, Arts Council, Stuart, FL
• 2003 Senior Show, "Never Paint again" college series, Alexander Hall, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

Speaking Engagements  

• 2018 Visiting lecturer for Florida International University's Environmental Art Department, Miami, FL 
• 2014 Love the Everglades Summer Symposium, "It takes a village to save our river", Everglades, FL  
• 2013 EcoArt in South Florida, Armory  Art Salon Series, West Palm Beach, FL
• 2012 Keynote speaker on EcoArt and Social Practice in the Chautauqua South lecture series, Martin County Library, Stuart, FL