EDUCATION

Graduate Certificate in Instructional Design | The University of Wisconsin – Stout | Remote | April 2020 – Jan. 2021

M.A. in Art Education (Museum focus) | The University of Texas | Austin, TX | Aug. 2014 – May 2016

B.F.A. in Art Education (EC–12) | Texas Tech University | Lubbock, TX | Aug. 2010 – May 2014

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

Curriculum Writer | DFW School District | April 2019 – present

Owner, Artist | Nord Creates | Plano, TX | April 2017 – present

Art Facilitator | DFW School District | Plano, TX | August 2016 – Present

Museum Associate | French Legation Museum | Austin, TX | May 2016 – July 2016

Lead Gallery Teacher (UT Teaching Assistant Position) | The Visual Arts Center | Austin, TX | Aug. 2015 – May 2016

Juror | Visual Arts Scholastic Event, Region 13 North | Round Rock, TX | Feb. 2016

Photo Lab Monitor (UT Teaching Assistant Position) | Photo Department at UT | Austin, TX | Aug. 2015 – Dec. 2015

Gallery Assistant | Outnumbered Gallery | Littleton, CO | June 2015 – Aug. 2015

Artist-for-Hire / Art Teacher II | Dougherty Arts Center | Austin, TX | Oct. 2014 – May 2015

Art Teacher | Art & Company | Lubbock, TX | May 2013 – Nov. 2013

 

INTERNSHIPS

Communications Intern | Art.Science.Gallery | Austin, TX | Aug. 2015 – Dec. 2015

Visitor Evaluation Intern | The Denver Art Museum | Denver, CO | May 2015 – Aug. 2015

Intern | A3 (Adapt, Adjust, Achieve) | Denver, CO | June 2015 – Aug. 2015

Family and Community Programs Intern | The Contemporary Austin | Austin, TX | Aug. 2014 – May 2015

Education Intern | Meadows Museum | Dallas, TX | May 2014 – Aug. 2014

Student Teacher – Art | Lubbock ISD | Lubbock, TX | Jan. 2014 – May 2014

Education Intern | Kimbell Art Museum | Fort Worth, TX | May 2012 – Aug. 2012

 

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Center for Creative Connections Volunteer | Dallas Museum of Art | June 2018 – July 2019

Studio Volunteer | Art From the Streets | Austin, TX | Oct. 2014 – July 2016

Gallery Prep Volunteer | Museum of Human Achievement | Austin, TX | July 2016

Studio Volunteer | Arc of the Arts | Austin, TX | March 2015 – May 2015

PRESENTATIONS

Sensory Immersion: Multisensory Resources for Visitors with Visual Impairments at a Museum | National Art Education Association | New York City, NY | March 2017

Multisensory Resources at an Art Museum | Texas Art Education Association | Dallas, TX | Nov. 2016

Critical Multiculturalism and the Museum Tour | Texas Art Education Association | Galveston, TX | Nov. 2015

Examining Tavares Strachan’s Panchen Lama | Blanton Museum of Art | Austin, TX | Nov. 2014

 

PROJECTS

Sensory Immersion: Multisensory Resources for Walk-in Visitors with Visual Impairments or Blindness at an Art Museum | UT Master's Thesis | Denver, CO | May 2015 – May 2016

 

ORGANIZATIONS

Member | National Art Education Association | Nov. 2014 – present

Member | Texas Art Education Association | Aug. 2013 – present

Member | HIVE Arts Collective | Austin, TX | April 2016 – July 2016