Mrs. Hanel's name has an Austrian enunciation that can be tough, so students are welcome to call her  "Mrs. H".  Amber has worked throughout the Southeast region as a producer and director. She grew up in Macon, GA dancing and twirling.  She says working in Performing Arts for twenty years has been an amazing adventure! For fifteen of those years, alongside producing and directing, she has been teaching dance, performing arts, color guard, and twirling choreography.  Amber has coached competitive dance and baton twirling along the Eastern Coast of the US, and throughout the Mid Western States. She also prepared the Australian World twirling team for the 2003 World Championships with coaching / choreography. She was a Feature Twirler for Northwestern State University, and had the pleasure of performing for the Perth Wildcats Professional Basketball team in Western Australia. She began working in the theatre industry in Perth, Western Australia while completing her degree at the Western Australia Academy for Performing Arts. 

She co-founded Sculpted Entertainment, a film & theatre company founded in Shreveport, LA. From 24 Hour Playwriting Festivals to educational tours dealing with bullying, Amber has enjoyed finding funding for projects that will positively affect students. She also enjoyed producing murder mystery dinner theatre, packing houses every weekend they ran shows for public and private events!  She has had the pleasure of working with Baylor's Theatre box office and marketing teams, along with youth theatre programs in Louisiana, Texas, Georgia, and Alabama. She is super excited to be a Lorena Leopard!

Contact Information:

Email: amberhanel@lorenaisd.net 

Conference Period 

Tuesday/Thursday 9:35-11:05am