Experience Summary
Thirty years experience in magazine publishing, creative direction. Prepared magazines for publication starting with paste ups and mechanicals and evolved into computerized art preparation of photographs, text, page layout, cover design, advertising design, marketing collateral design and exhibit design with Adobe and Quark softwares on the Mac.
Branched off into dinnerware design, home decorating and jewelry design. Prepared room makeovers on computer using actual photos of room, selected fabrics, paint colors and furnishings that dimensionally fit the space, incorporating keepsakes.
Through college spent summers at live-in waitressing jobs in hotels at the Jersey Shore and in Easthampton, NY and at a camp in PA.. Also interned at Bloomingdale's as a buyer. Still work seasonally at Lord & Taylor.
Teaching Style
Public School Substitute high school teacher since 2007 in all subject areas. Guide, motivate, explain and supervise students to follow work assigned by teacher. Patient, gentle, persuasive teaching to help the student get to where one wants to go so they sense a grounding instead of frustration with their studies and become interested in the bigger picture.
My Hobbies
Play classical as well as popular, rag piano and organ. Perform classical and baroque music with a drum accompaniment. Play organ at weddings. Church Choral singer. Gardening, reading, interior decorating and writing.