My passion for creating glass beads began more than 20 years ago when I became a member of The Guild and took my first class in lampworking. I have been teaching glass beadmaking/lampworking classes here since 2019. My beads have been featured in the glass arts magazine, The Flow, and were presented at “The Gathering”, an annual national beadmaking conference. Each summer, I volunteer for the Young Artist Summer Camp program and I occasionally teach candlemaking workshops. I recently retired from my 38-year career in teaching preschool-aged children through university students.