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I have been a musician for my entire life.  From the Boston Crusaders, to the Hartt School of Music in Hartford, CT to the Longy School in Cambridge, MA through my current role as music teacher in the Echo Valley Schools, I continue to study, practice, and educate all along the way.  I am a local performer/song-writer with my band Some Hollow, you may even hear us occasionaly on the radio around the Central VT area. I am a devoted Celtics, Red Sox, and Patriots fan and will gladly get side-tracked into any sports talk that comes my way.  I love teaching young students how to begin playing instruments and singing songs with all ages.  

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Hello Echo Valley Artists, I am Ms. Winters!  I am so excited to be teaching art for Echo Valley!  I began my career in art as a photographer.  I have a Bachelor of Science in Photography from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, and spent 10 years working as a portrait and free-lance photographer before pursuing a career in Art Education. This is my 8th year teaching art.  I have a Master of Arts in Art Education from Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia.  I spent three years teaching art in elementary school in Columbus, GA and 3 years teaching middle and high school art at the American United School of Kuwait.  Since moving to Vermont in July of 2019, I served as a long-term sub in art at Union Elementary in Montpelier, Vermont.  Click here to view my professional portfolio.

I love to travel!! I have lived in 7 different states in the US, and have traveled to 26 different countries!  I lived in Kuwait for three years while teaching at the American United School of Kuwait.  When I left Kuwait, I took a year off from teaching to travel and study yoga in Bali, Indonesia, Mysore, India and Koh Phangan, Thailand.  I am also a certified yoga teacher.  I completed a 500+ hour teacher training course in Ashtanga Yoga in Mysore, India in October of 2018.  I look forward to sharing my love of art and culture with the students of Echo Valley.

I serve as the librarian for Echo Valley Community School District. I work at both the elementary Washington Village Campus and the middle school Orange Center Campus.  I also serve as Capstone Coordinator for Echo Valley. I have served on the Red Clover Award committee for five years. The Red Clover Award is for picture books and is voted on by Vermont children in grades kindergarten through fourth grade.  In 2019-2020 I was the coordinator for the Year of the Book through the Children's Literacy Foundation on the elementary campus. My passions as a librarian include graphic novels, picture books, mythology, and banned books.  My hobbies include jogging, dancing, paddleboarding, and cooking.