Mrs. Ray has been teaching elementary Art here at LCS since the fall of 2013. She is a Colorado native who grew up in the Vail Valley. Much of her childhood was spent learning to paint and draw with her grandmother, Raina. Inspired by her grandmother, Mrs. Ray moved to Fort Collins in 2004 to pursue a degree in Fine Arts hoping to fine tune her skills and to one day guide and encourage other young artists just as her grandmother had done for her. In 2008, she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art Education from Colorado State University. After receiving her degrees, Mrs. Ray spent 4 years as an onsite manager of local before and after-school programs in the Fort Collins and Loveland communities, as well as leading 3rd and 4th grade teams during the summer months at summer camp. Over the summer, Mrs. Ray welcomed her beautiful baby girl Sage into the world, and will be taking on a smaller class load in order to spend more time taking care of her new little one.

Outside of work, Mrs. Ray enjoys spending time with her husband and daughter Sage, fly fishing, back-packing and snowboarding. She is also an avid long distance runner, yogi and gardener. In the community, she is a practicing artist who paints portraits and landscapes by commission.