Our Team

Learning through The Creative Process: Standards-driven Creative Spaces Course Facilitators

Alysia Lee

Alysia Lee has received national recognition for her work in furthering equity and access in arts education. Lee has designed and implemented K-12 arts education and professional development initiatives throughout the east coast. She is the Coordinator of Fine Arts at the Maryland State Department of Education.

Alysia is a recipient of the 2019-2020 Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Fellow Award. Recent speaking/teaching engagements include Chorus America, Americans for the Arts, TEDX, Wells Fargo Foundation, Take a Stand/El Sistema Symposium, Maryland Citizens for the Arts, Maryland Arts Summit and Maryland Centers for Creative Classrooms. Recent recognitions include The Knight Foundation, National Association of University Women, Stockton Bartol Foundation, Uncommon Individual Foundation, and Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.

Dr. Lillian Pailen

Dr. Lillian Pailen has served the arts education field as a teacher and administrator in public school and collegiate settings. She has also served as a specialist with the Maryland State Department of Education’s Fine Arts Office and draws upon these experiences as a consultant for statewide curriculum/assessment projects. She holds a B.A. degree in music education from Howard University, M.A. degree from Columbia University Teachers College, and doctorate in community college education from George Mason University.