
Diana (she/her) is new to Strafford and enjoys the beauty that surrounds this community. She received a BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she studied theater under the direction of renowned costumer, Judy Adamson and Emmy-award winning Director, Joan Darling. Diana grew into a career as a public secondary arts educator, where she especially enjoys mentoring students with a wide range of abilities and interests in art, costume, and theater. She is keenly aware of the barriers to creative expression that many of her students experience daily, which propels her to focus on building community through highlighting the artistic and humanistic talents of each child. She has actively sought and won design- and nature-based grants for various projects throughout her career and will continue to do so in her role as the arts teacher at Newton School. Diana's passion is to foster more just and inclusive communities through visual and applied arts as she firmly believes creativity is a common language that brings people together.
Here are a few of her favorite things: authenticity, Highland tweeds, the color pink, muscle aches from laughing at her partner's jokes, the sound of her children's footsteps as they run to greet her in the morning, and the smell of her horse's mane. Diana can be reached at dcathcart@wrvsu.org.