Patricia (Trish) Clay completed a BA in Art Education, K-12 and an MA in Counseling and Special Education.  She has worked for forty years teaching and counseling at all levels from elementary to college, including Job Corps and prison programs.

Trish has worked extensively with high risk students and multi-diversity classrooms.  She has been awarded many awards for her teaching, including two Fulbright scholarships to Japan and the Beverly Sorenson Award for Secondary Art Teacher of the Year. She has taught in China and Vietnam and traveled throughout the world, gathering ideas for her teaching.  She loves to teach and interact with students of all ages, and continues to work with Girl Scouts, private individuals and the prison half way house for women.