Education info

 

 

 Art Student League of NYC

 

Painting Instructors: Ron Sherr, Harvey Dinnerstein, Mary Beth McKenzie

 

Pastel Instructors: Ephraim Rubenstein, Harvey Dinnerstein, Ellen Eagle 

 

Drawing and Anatomy Instructors: Ephraim Rubenstein, Dan Thompson,

Costa Vavagiakis

 

 

 NYU

 

Graduate courses: TESOL (Teaching English as a Second Language)

 

 

 Brooklyn College 

 

Graduate Courses in Spanish and Latin American Literature

 

 

 University of Puerto Rico (Mayaguez campus)

 

BA degree: Education - Cum Laude

major: TESOL - English and American Literature 

 

 

 High School of Art and Design NYC

 

Illustration and Advertizing

Languages

 

Fully Fluent in: 

 

English and Spanish 

 

Knowledge of: 

 

Italian and Portuguese 

Work experience

 

Teacher.

 

New York City Department of Education 

 

1. E R Murrow High School 

   Teacher of: ESL, Spanish, and Art 

 

2. High School of Art and Design 

   Sub Teacher of Art 

 

3. Midwood High School

   Teacher of: Art, Photography, ESL 

 

4. Dep. of Education, Puerto Rico

   Teacher of: ESL & Art 

 

 

 US Navy.

 

AN {Air Man) - Line Plane Captain 

in Air Craft Carriers: 

USS America and USS Forestal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Awards/Grants 

 

2005 - Art Students League.  

Award winner of the Gonzalez/Edwards .

Travel Scholarship Award for Painting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2005 - Commision.  

By Brooklyn's Borogh President,  Marty Markowitz.

Commissioned to paint the first female judge of the Supreme Court of the

State of New York in Brooklyn: Judge Beatrice Judge.

The portrait is part of the permanent collection of the

Brooklyn Borough Hall Ceremonial Court Room.