Class of: 2007

Nikki Ortiz-Tatarka

Nikki Ortiz-Tatarka (Wheelock’07) of Oviedo, Fla., was appointed theater director at Lawton Chiles Middle School after 16 years as an early childhood and elementary educator in the grade-level and theater classroom. Nikki’s program is open to sixth through eighth graders and focuses on acting and technical theater. She also presented on the educational benefits of arts integration to 6,500 educators at the national Get Your Teach On conference in Dallas, Tex., in June 2023.

From the Fall 2024 issue.