I credit my father with sparking my interest in puppetry.  When I was small, he would tell me stories and act them out using my stuffed animals and a variety of character voices (many of them spot-on Sesame Street(TM) impressions). 

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My grandmother taught me to sew when I was six, and the skill has come in very handy over the years. It resurfaced when I was approached to create some puppets for a local theatre production.  Always a huge fan of the Muppets, I jumped at the chance to create characters inspired by that style. 

In 2010, I began to design the curriculum and teach the Puppetry classes offered at the Tuscarawas County Center for the Arts.  Teaching this program has inspired me to write a book offering techniques and lesson plans for integrating puppetry into the language arts and social studies classrooms. Stay tuned for progress on this project as it develops.

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