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Education

2025 - Certificate in Principal Preparation, American College of Education

2025 - Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Endorsement, Northeastern Illinois University

2019 - Master of Education in Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership with a focus in Global Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2017 - Bachelor of Fine Arts with an Emphasis in Art Education, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Solo Exhibitions

2018 - July’s Featured Artist, Ice House Gallery, Evanston, Illinois

Group Exhibitions

2026 - Alter Ego, SZNL Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

2025 - Beyond the Bell: In the Studio with Chicagoland Teachers, Columbia College Chicago C33 Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

2022 - Art Educator Exhibition, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, Illinois

2019 - The Art of Teaching, Ice House Gallery, Evanston, Illinois

2018 - Plastic, Millepiani Gallery, Rome, Italy

2018 - The Emergent Garden, Gallery 1070, Chicago, Illinois

2018 - Arts & Nature on the River, Four Rivers Environmental Education Center, Channahon, Illinois

2018 - NAEA Member Exhibition, NAEA Studio & Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia

2018 - Portraits, Art Ascent Art & Literature

2017 - Nasty Women Oak Park Art Exhibition and Fundraiser, Magical Minds Studio, Oak Park, Illinois

2017 - 7th Annual "Animals" Art Competition, Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery

2016 - SAIC Fall 2016 Undergraduate Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, Illinois

2015—2016 - Nippon 23, Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corporation Chicago Office, Chicago, IL 

2016 - Blick’s Father Day Show, Chicago, Illinois

2014 - 2015 - Nippon 22, Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corporation Chicago Office, Chicago, Illinois

2014 - The Four Noble Printing Processes, Dimo’s Pizza, Chicago, Illinois

2014 - Nippon 21, Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corporation Chicago Office, Chicago, Illinois

Awards

2018 - Portraits - Distinguished, Art Ascent Art & Literature

2017 - 7th Annual "Animals" Art Competition Special Merit Award Category, Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery

Residencies

2026 - Screech!, The Wasteshed, Chicago, Illinois

Markets

2026 - Downtown Oak Park’s Thursday Night Out Art Market, Oak Park, Illinois

2026 - Six Corners Vintage & Artisan Market, Chicago, Illinois

2026 - Oak Brook Artisan Market, Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook, Illinois

2025 - Art Fair at BOO! at the Zoo, Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield, Illinois

2025 - Brookfield Fine Arts Festival, Kiwanis Park, Brookfield, Illinois

Presentations/Workshops

2021 - Piecing Together Experiences: Using Art to Help Our Students Begin to Heal, Illinois Art Education Association Conference

2018 - Watercolor Workshop, Ice House Gallery, Evanston, Illinois

2017 - You Can’t Spell Trash Without Art, Illinois Art Education Association Conference, St. Charles, Illinois