Ambassador
“The stories of these individuals are powerful, and I think students relate on a different level to these people. As an Ambassador, I'll be able to brainstorm and explore ways we can make the stories come alive for the students and make them truly care about the projects they are creating.”
Summer Nation has been teaching Art in Mississippi for 21 years. She is a mother of three, and a working artist outside of the classroom. Art has always been her interest since a very young age. She loves mysteries, problem-solving, and brainstorming solutions with others. Art encompasses all of these factors. She enjoys working with high school students to see how they work through the process of using clay and coming to solutions they are happy with. She was the 2023 NAEA Southeastern Art Educator of the Year, 2022 Bill Poirier Award-Art Educator of the Year-MS, 2018 NEA Teacher Leadership Institute (TLI), and 2018 TLI Fellow Awardee.
