Amanda Sayle Kelly (’09 M.A.), McKinney. She taught at the Art Institute of McKinney from 2003 to 2007. The following year, she became the art specialist at McKinney ISD’s Valley Creek Elementary School and served as the specials team lead, writing curriculum and teaching professional development. Amanda and her students were involved with the Empty Bowls project and Heard-Craig Center for the Arts in McKinney, and she was named her school’s Teacher of the Year in 2020. For 19 years, she was a co-organizer of McKinney’s annual Krewe of Barkus Mardi Gras parade.