WILAMINA HEIFNER

Hello there! My name is Wilamina Heifner. I am a PreK-12 art educator currently living in the Greater Boston area. I grew up all over the United States, but, after completing my Bachelors of Fine Arts at SMFA at Tufts, I now consider Massachusetts home.

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This year, I am finishing a Masters of Arts in Teaching in Art Education at Tufts and student teaching at Prospect Hill Academy in Cambridge. I have dreamed of becoming an art educator since I was a child and being in the classroom with my students this year has only added fuel to that fire.

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I am a big advocate of centring student interests and input in the classroom, and in encouraging them as they learn to use their artistic voice outside it. Supporting students as they grow closer to whom they want to be and providing opportunities for them to make a positive impact in the world is at the heart of my philosophy.