Shayna Snider (born April 13, 1983 in Peoria, IL) lives on a farm in rural Tennessee where she creates art inspired by the geography and weather systems of the region, as well as her daily life on the farm and in the landscape. She shares her belief in the power of creativity by teaching art to Metropolitan Nashville youth at Hume-Fogg Academic High School. With a previous Bachelor’s degree in Art History, she began her art education career in 2006 after receiving a Master’s Degree in Teaching from New York’s School of Visual Art. Prior to that Snider was an elite athlete, winning consecutive national championships, a silver medal in Sydney Australia at the World Age Group Games for power tumbling, and she was Team Captain for University of Illinois Cheerleading. Other achievements include 2017 Tennessee Governor’s School Teacher of the Year, 2022 MNPS Blue Ribbon Teacher distinction, 2023 Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction, 2024 Hume-Fogg High School Teacher of the Year, and being listed as an educator with student artwork in the 2022 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards’ Best of High School Art publication.