Kandice Stewart

“I had the opportunity to work with Lisa Mainardi for three years on a few student-community facing projects. She has been an excellent documentor for Columbia High School students and events. I believe that she entered as a well-connected SOMA Parent, but she continued to stay connected and support the Fine Arts Department on her own accord.

Lisa holds a sincere commitment to advancing student artists by mentoring, writing about them, and helping to showcase their work. She shows a continued eagerness to work with teachers, like myself, and students to bring awareness of the arts in the SOMA community. Her additional support has been a valued 4th leg to all of the reasons why MAPSO Arts Community is strong, robust, and active. We consider her first when we want to connect to community events that are intimate to the student-body outside of the school.”

— Kandice Stewart
AP Art History Teacher, Columbia High School
Studio Art Teacher, Columia High School