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Rev. N.T. Wright says the arts “are the highways into the center of a

reality which cannot be glimpsed, let alone grasped, any other way.”

I am delighted to have the opportunity to navigate such highways with

students at MVCA this year. I believe the artistic disciplines are

important means for developing holy imagination and spiritual formation-

in children and adults alike. We have a strong impulse to create and to

bless the world around us with beauty because Christ has called us to

participate in the building of His kingdom. I hope to help every student

grow more fully into that kingdom by exercising the attention, wonder,

and expression which the arts cultivate.

I was born, raised, and lived in Salt Lake until my family and I moved to

Montana in 2022. I have a B.A. in History from the University of Utah

and have worked in many different education fields- from ballet, to

emergency management, to running the history program in our homeschool

co-op. I love to talk with people about history, philosophy, theology,

symbolism, art, worship, literature- all the things that give texture to

our experience in this life and lead us “further up and further in.” My

hands are happiest when drawing, painting, knitting, sewing, or

collecting treasures from nature. My heart is happiest with my husband

and children and when I’m in worship with God’s people.