Meet Our Team
ANA LAURA JUAREZ
INWOOD STUDIO MANAGER SINCE 2024
Ana Laura is a visual artist and educator based in Queens, NY. She received her BFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and is excited to contribute to Scribble's mission and team. Her art work explores the figure, ecology, and family traditions through printmaking, painting and collage.
SASHA SCHWARTZ
FOUNDER
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“Sasha was my older daughter's art teacher in kindergarten, but now she's also my new online learning hero. Scribble Art teachers ought to be leading every Train-the-Trainer Online Learning event, ever.”
As a child, Sasha identified as an artist, mostly because her elementary school art teacher told her she was...and this connection with creating (as contrived as it began) led her down a path of exploring materials and methods in an effort to develop her skills, observe the world around her and innovate!
DAVID JARRETT
C.F.O.
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David is a globe-trotting serial entrepreneur with a lifelong passion for the arts. A graduate of the University of Southern California, his business ventures have spanned hospitality, education, consumer products, and technology.
TARA CURCIO
DIRECTOR OF NY PARTNERSHIPS & COMMUNICATIONS since 2022
Tara joined Scribble after working as an art and special educator in NYC public schools. She knew that she wanted to help more kids have access to meaningful art experiences and is so glad to be working with local schools and community organizations to make this happen. Her favorite part of working for Scribble is seeing how much kids in our classes grow and develop over the course of the school year. Outside of work, she loves to surf, paint, and read!
MATÍAS AÑÓN
DIRECTOR OF INSTRUCTION & CURRICULUM since 2019
“Matías is so engaging and wonderful and supportive with the kids - truly exceptional. I so appreciate his patience and enthusiasm.”
“Matías deserves singling out for his excellence in teaching and inspiring this tiny generation to be artists.”
Matías is an artist living and working in New York City. He received his BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2018 with a focus in sculpture and visual critical studies. He began as a teacher with Scribble in 2019. He has taught at a number of Scribble's partnering locations and at the Scribble studio in New York City. He currently oversees the development of curriculum and instruction for Scribble's team of teaching artists, providing them with the tools and framework needed to facilitate the artistic evolution of each student that participates in a class with Scribble, in the studio and beyond.
JESSICA OLIVEIRA
DOBBS FERRY STUDIO MANAGER since 2023
Jessica has always found joy, love and life through art. Jessica's life is truly better because of art; sharing that joy with others is an immense goal of hers. Fortunate to come from a home of supportive creatives, Jessica has always been encouraged to make art. She wants everyone she encounters to have that same support, which is why she is so excited to be working with Scribble. Jessica graduated from the School of Visual Arts with her BFA Fine Arts degree in December of 2022. Since graduating, Jessica has been painting, focusing on themes of lived experiences and memory, pursuing a photography passion project that she hopes to become a magazine someday, and most recently, joining the wonderful Scribble team.
SIOUX MADDEN
LEAD TEACHER since 2013
“Sioux finds beauty everywhere she looks. Her love for colors, lines, shapes, and especially kids, is apparent from the moment you meet her.”
Sioux is a classically trained actress with a BA in Theatre Arts from Virginia Tech. She has performed and taught theatre in New York City and regional theatres throughout the country.
JOHN SABRAW
PROGRAM ADVISOR since 2014
Artist John Sabraw was born in Lakenheath, England. An activist and environmentalist, Sabraw’s paintings, drawings and collaborative installations are produced in an eco conscious manner, and he continually works toward a fully sustainable practice.