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EDUCATION

1. Central Connecticut State University, Post-Baccalaureate Teaching Certification in Art Education, 2011
   

2. University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, Bachelors of Fine Arts, Illustration, 2008
   

EMPLOYMENT

1. Somers High School, Somers, CT, Art and Animation Teacher, Freshman and Unified Basketball Coach, 2011-Present
   

2. All Pro Sports, CT, Basketball Coach working with former UConn players, Donny Marshall, Jeremy Lamb, and Jeff Adrien, 2013-14
   

3. Illustrated and designed vector graphics for website, 2012 www.thingstobehappyabout.com
   

4. Illustrated book, The Culinarian (Wiley, 2011) - 200+ illustrations and cover.
   

5. Aspirations for Higher Learning Pre-Collegiate Institute, New Haven, CT, Art Instructor, teaching a variety of painting methods, and color theory, Summer 2010-11
   

6. Tracy Art Center, Old Saybrook, CT, Teacher, courses held in Drawing, Cartooning, Movie Making and Digital Media, 2005-2010
   

7. Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Hartford, CT, Game Designer, designing Flash games for the web that promote safety awareness, Fall 2009. www.connecticutchildrens.org/body_dept.cfm?id=1194
   

8. Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, and Westbrook Public Schools, CT, Substitute Teacher, all subject areas, 2008-2011
   

9. John Winthrop Junior High, Deep River, CT, Basketball Coach, 2008-2011
   

10. The National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine, Mansfield, CT, Graphic/Web Designer, 2007. www.nicabm.com/deccon07
    

11. Regional School District #4, CT, Substitute Para-Educator, 2006
    

12. Shoreline YMCA School Age Program, Westbrook, CT, After School Teacher, 2002-2005
    

13. Essex Park and Recreation Summer Program, Essex, CT, Senior Counselor, 2001-2005
    

VOLUNTEER WORK

1. Somers High School Senior Variety Show Coordinator, planning and writing skits, organizing rehearsals, and directing annual performance by students to raise funding for Safe Grad. 2012-Present
   

2. Connecticut Art Education Association, Conference Volunteer, assisting with presentation set up, Fall 2010
   

3. New Britain Museum of American Art, Winter 2010, Collections Intern, Working alongside Director of Collections, cataloging, preparing installations, and hanging work.
   

4. Tracy Art Center’s Partners in Art, May 2009, Committee Head, organized non-profit sponsored event, including a mentoring day and art show with local professional artists and students from several middle and high schools in the Shoreline, CT area
   

EXHIBITIONS

1. Black and Blues Festival, Hartford, CT. Craft Vending Summer 2016
   

2. Art Educators Exhibition, CCSU Art Gallery, Fall 2010,
   

3. Art for Aids, Artspace Hartford, CT, Spring 2010,
   

4. Bachelors of Fine Arts, Art Exhibition, Artspace Willimantic, CT, 2008;
   

5. Clay, Color, and Function, Ceramics Exhibition, UConn Student Union Art Gallery, 2008;
   

6. Annual Printmaking Exhibition, UConn Printshop, 2007;
   

7. Scholarship Art Show, UConn Art Building, 2006,
   

8. Anything But Landscapes, Painting Exhibition, UConn Student Union Art Gallery, 2005