All Entries in the "Academy Instructor Feature" Category
Adam Fiveson – Graphic Design
Adam has worked in design for over twenty five years. His portfolio covers the web, print, animation, video, photography and video game design.
For the last 11 years, “Mr. 5” has run a virtual ad agency and has won several awards, including a Telly, and was a finalist for the South Florida Business Journal’s “Best Use [...]
Mary Carstarphen – Cosmetology Academy Instructor
Mary A. Carstarphen. After seeing the last name, you would probably think, “Where is she from?” Mary was born and raised in Delray Beach, Florida. However, she has held on to Carstarphen for the past 20 years because it came with the man, her handsome husband, Morris Carstarphen. Of that union came two beautiful daughters [...]
Joyce Phillips – Cosmetology Academy Instructor
Joyce was born and lived in Toombs County, Georgia, just outside of Vidalia until she was fifteen. She lived with her parents and four brothers and numerous relatives who came to visit often.
Joyce’s father moved to Florida with Joyce because they didn’t want to pick cotton and harvest tobacco. Working on a farm is [...]
Chef Walter Tanner, Consultant Culinary Arts
Chef Tanner received his training in Switzerland. He became a pastry chef in 1971 and traveled a good portion of the world working for Hilton Hotels and Japan Airlines. He has worked in Africa, the Philippines, the Caribbean, Papa New Guinea, England, South and Central America, and Switzerland. In America, Chef Tanner was Head Pastry [...]
Chef Suzanne O’Neil Culinary Arts Academy Instructor
Chef Suzanne O’Neil graduated from high school in Long Island, New York and like most young students, applied to colleges and universities to pursue a liberal arts degree. While attending classes at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York, Suzanne worked on campus, cooking meals for faculty members.
After a year of liberal arts courses, Suzanne [...]
