Our Enrichment Instructors: Fall 2024

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GWENYTH DELMARGO

Gwen is a former Zia student who now attends CNM as an education major. She hopes to move on to UNM and continue her path to a career in education. Currently Gwen is a manager and skate teacher at Skate-O-Mania with 5 years of experience helping kids and adults learn to skate safely and with skill.

PATTY GILLIS 

Patty has been teaching in school art programs since her college days in Pittsburgh. She has taught in many Title I schools in Albuquerque through YDI, Citizens School and Art in the School. At ZFFC, Patty teaches a variety of art, nature, and cooking classes where kids can explore their own creative interests.

AMY MAESTAS

Amy Maestas is an artists has worked with a range of mediums such as ceramics and sculpture, to drawing, painting and various forms of printmaking. While attending UNM, she studied several forms of printmaking including lithography, screen-printing, relief and intaglio processes. Today, she continues to create new work in her home studio under the name Ayemurs (aim*ers), her childhood nickname. She focuses in relief print techniques on paper and upcycled textile. She can be found displaying artwork at different local pop-up events in Albuquerqu and around the southwest. She also works full time at Lorenco’s Salon as an esthetician, permanent makeup artist, and nail artist.

ETHEL RODRIGUEZ

Ethel Rodriguez is an artist and educator from Queens, New York. She has studied a multitude of subject areas such as illustration and graphic design but ultimately graduated with a degree in Studio Art with a concentration in Painting and a degree in Art Education. Ethel has been teaching now for 5 years in multiple different settings and is always finding ways to help students succeed.

IVY ROSE

Ivy has taught several comic making workshops at ZFFC which were incredibly popular with the kids! She encourages creativity and collaboration in the classroom. Ivy is a teacher, illustrator, writer, comic artist, painter, and a counselor from San Francisco. Her goal is to help people feel empowered and inspired in their daily life.

DELIA ST.LOUIS

As a teacher, I know very well the struggles and challenges children navigate daily. My focus is on helping them create healthy habits for life. Through poems, stories and creative expressions (vocal sounds, drawings, movement, role play etc) they will learn daily practices to reduce stress, replenish and reset their confidence.