Lauralee Chambers has taught kindergarten through fifth grade students for more than twenty-five years as an art educator in the Mt. Pleasant School District in Westchester, New York. Chambers believes that children are born to create, express, and find both comfort and challenge in the arts. She has a passion for collecting ideas and putting things together in unique ways, both in her own art as well as with her students. Chambers has been instrumental in integrating the arts across the curriculum and developing unique programs such as Avenues to Artists, Artists to Authors, Discovery Days, Summer Voyage, and Unified Arts. In 2011, she was the recipient of the Artsonia Leadership Award.