Patty was born and raised in Owasso, Oklahoma and a graduate of Owasso High School. She earned a BA in Secondary Art Education from East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma. After graduating from Ada she began teaching and started the Art program for McLish Public Schools in Fittstown, Oklahoma. Patty then moved to Mansfield, Texas where she taught 5-6th grade Art for six years. Her travels then took her to Tennessee where she taught privately for an entertainer for seven years before moving back home to Owasso where she has taught in the district for a total of nineteen years. She loves teaching and enjoys her students.
Shaun Collette Poe-Ramirez grew up in Springfield, Illinois and attended Southern Illinois University where she received a Bachelor’s Degree in Art and Art History Pre-K through 12 Education in Art, Special Education and Gifted Education. She builds furniture, paints and makes jewelry in her spare time. Collette loves to teach children of any age.