Colleen earned her B.S. in Art Education from Indiana University of PA. She teaches children's art in a variety of settings such as after school programs, scout workshops, home schooling classes and facilitates birthday parties. She presently substitutes for art K-12 in the public schools. Her art endeavors were in a "holding pattern" for 23 years while she was a flight attendant, but are now "taking off" as she pursues her art interests. Her pastel paintings which she exhibits locally have won several awards. She has written and illustrated several children's books which she hopes to someday publish. She is a member of the North Hills Art Center and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.