#ADA11 – Bonnie Ignico, Art teacher “REACH” teacher…
Phil (our creative director at Adafruit, editor @ MAKE) wanted to add his childhood art teacher, Bonnie Ignico. He writes…
I was in this “gifted” program called REACH for kids who got good grades and took a weird test to get in. I was more of an art nerd, but liked math. Anyway, I was maybe 9 or 10 years old when Mrs. Ignico showed us geeks a video called “Why Man Creates”. It blew my mind, from that moment on all I’ve wanted to do is make things.
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