Amarilis Matteo has two decades of experience in Arts Education in a variety of settings including public and charter schools, community centers, museums, and arts organizations. She spent several years living in New Jersey, where she was both an instructor and the Arts Education Director for the Arts Council of Princeton. In her time as an Arts Educator, she has had the opportunity to collaborate with students and organizations to create several public murals including ceramic tile and painted. She has also worked with the UNM Arts Education Graduate program in mentoring student teachers and is an active member of the New Mexico Arts Education Assosiation.
Currently, she is the instructor for High School Craft and 11th and 12th grade IB DP Visual Arts.
A native of New Mexico, she completed her MA in Art Education with distinction at the University of New Mexico with an emphasis in Art and Ecology and a BFA in painting at New Mexico State University. As an Art teacher, her philosophy emphasizes art making as fundamentally a process of ongoing discovery.