Christine is a practicing visual artist (interdisciplinary and multi-media) and a former elementary school teacher. Christine utilizes visual media and critical pedagogy in her teaching of undergraduate courses in Visual Arts and Curriculum Methods using concepts imbedded in creativity to expand upon diverse ways of knowing. Her research in teacher education contributes to current educational conversations on racial, ethnic and linguistic representation in schools specifically exploring the constructions and understandings of teacher identity, including immigrant teacher aspirations, within the structures of schools. Her work challenges pre-service teachers and educators through critical consciousness-raising to examine their own social location and trouble “the way things are” in schools.