THEME: Work Readiness 2: Balance

Guest Speaker: Ms. Tricia Patrick, Arts Administrator and Teaching Artist

Students will be taught the importance of maintaining a healthy balance between personal and professional responsibilities. Students will explore time management, structure, habits, boundaries, and support systems as strategies to manage stress and promote wellness.

Earn 3 service hours.  Registration is required.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

Tricia Patrick is an arts administrator and teaching artist who believes in the transformative power of theater and the arts as a catalyst for conversation and change.  Her pursuit of a performance career took her across the country and beyond, eventually landing in Berlin, Germany. There, she discovered her love of Theater for Young Audiences, developing her skills as an educator and workshop facilitator. Upon her return to the United States, Tricia assumed leadership of a small children’s theater company in New York City.

With a desire to invest in her growing role as an arts administrator, she returned to academia. In 2019, Tricia attained a Masters in Arts Administration and Entrepreneurship from the New School where, as a part of her capstone project, she developed a one-woman show called "Move Towards the Light," highlighting the achievements of Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Bessie Coleman.

Tricia was a member of the inaugural 2020 BIPOC Leadership Circle and this spring, she completed the Theater Producers of Color, Producing 101 certificate program. She currently serves as the Director of Education at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. She is the daughter of an incredible mother, and the mother of an incredible daughter.