Andrea Kantrowitz, an artist and educator, has lectured and led workshops on art and cognition internationally. She was a teaching artist in New York City public schools for many years, involved in multiple local and national research projects that demonstrated the positive academic impact of an integrated art curriculum for students growing up in poverty. She holds a doctorate in Art Education and Cognitive Studies from Columbia University Teachers College, an MFA in Painting from Yale, a BA in Art and Cognition from Harvard and is an Associate Professor and Director of the Art Education Program at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Her paintings have been exhibited nationally and are in many private collections.