I LOVE TEACHING
Creative workshops • Inspiring school visits • Motivational talks
I’m an experienced and engaging educator.
For many years, I have guided museum visits, taught hands-on workshops for kids and adults, developed educational programs, spoken at conferences… I even worked as a tour guide while I was in college! (True story: I lived in Tunisia for a summer, and I took tourists all around the country.)
Places I’ve taught:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York • The California Academy of Sciences • The Museum of Children’s Arts in Oakland • The City College of San Francisco • And more!
Check out my EVENTS for a list of school visits, workshops and conferences
I organize Children’s Books events and workshops for aspiring writers and illustrators in San Francisco. Together with author/illustrator Charlotte Cheng I host Picture Book Surgery – A workshop/bookclub for picture book lovers.
Learn more about PICTURE BOOK SURGERY!
SCHOOL VISITS FEES 2023
One presentation: $275 in Sacramento.
Two presentations: $500 (plus travel expenses when applicable).
Full day (3 sessions): $750 (plus travel expenses when applicable).
I strive to be affordable, so discounts may be available. – If you are a Title 1 school or if many of your students are native Spanish speakers, please do get in touch!
My talks are available in English and Spanish… or a mix of both!
Wondering why should you pay for an author’s visit? This post has the answers.
Looking for a FREE offering? Contact me to sign up for a short Zoom/Skype visit (limited availability).
Things students say about my presentations:
“This was wayyyy more fun than I thought it was going to be!”
Things people say about my work with kids:
“The teacher was great! She dealt really well with the children.”
“Adjusted the lesson to make it age appropriate for the attendees.”
“Storyteller was wonderful!”
“It was a very fun and engaging activity.”
“Well presented! She is good with kids.”
“Diana is an outstanding, caring person who is exceptional at what she does.”
Things people say about my work with adults:
“Thank you for your energy and good supply of useful information. I really enjoyed and appreciated that you shared your work process and your sketchbooks with the class.” – Simone.
“Diana was very generous with her breadth of knowledge and experience. Seeing various ways she practices her creativity and utilizes different mediums was inspiring. She clarified a lot of the nuts and bolts of kid’s books and helped me figure out how to begin the process.” – Kira.
“Full of information! Diana was warm + friendly. Very open to questions. Loved seeing the original illustrations – It felt like a special treat!” – Breanna.
“Diana’s class is packed with the information you need to know on how to get started with picture books. Her lessons are fun and engaging, with great exercises that helped us improve our skills.” – Lulu.
“I thought the class was extremely well organized and the lessons were really well constructed. I know teaching is hard and I think you are great! The hands-on exercises in writing and drawing were particularly good – they made the class fun, interactive, and really illustrated the lessons well.” – Jess S.
“Diana opens your mind to the processes of forming, writing + illustrating picture books. She gives you perspective on the process that is realistic yet inspiring to take your next step.” – Maile.
“Diana’s enthusiasm and passion brings a terrific energy and life to children’s books. I highly recommend this class to people from all walks of life, but especially teachers, parents and prospective writers and illustrators. Diana opens up a very luscious and exciting world as she teaches how the nuts and bolts of children’s writing and illustrating come together to create powerfully enjoyable and deeply moving stories.” – Carrie M.
