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MEET OUR INSTRUCTORS

GABBIE BRAUN & LAURA CANTRELL

Gabbie Braun was raised in Troy, attending Troy City Schools kindergarten through twelfth grade, graduating from THS in 2006. From Miami University she earned a bachelor's degree in art education as well as a bachelor's of fine arts in printmaking and painting. Miss Braun has been teaching in her hometown of Troy for
12 years; she spent the first seven years of her career teaching art to the children of Kyle and Forest Elementary schools and now she is in her fourth year of teaching 7th-grade art at TJHS.

Laura Cantrell has been an art teacher at Troy City Schools since 2009. She has a bachelor’s degree in art education from the University of Dayton and master’s degree in modern art history, theory, and criticism from Azusa Pacific University. She grew up in Centerville, Ohio and has lived in Troy since 2006. Mrs. Cantrell has
been the 8th-grade art teacher at Troy Junior High school for 12 years. For the past three years she and Miss Braun have enjoyed working with middle level learners and building a reputable art program together at Troy Junior High School.