I am so excited and honored to be a part of the inaugural 2023 Center for Craft Teaching Artist Cohort grant community! This opportunity is particularly close to my heart because it has emerged from my return to teaching after a hiatus of almost five years. From 2006 to 2018 I taught drawing, painting, printmaking and design in university art programs—first as a graduate student and later as an itinerant adjunct professor roving between Lahore, Pakistan, Charlottesville, VA, Washington DC and New York City. It was an exhausting way of life but I learned a lot in the process. When my children were born in 2018 and 2019 I decided to step back from teaching to focus on our family. The pandemic lengthened my intended hiatus and made me wonder if I would ever get back on the horse. Thankfully, I am back it, and have been teaching printmaking at Williams College, in the best possible company. With the help of this grant I am investing in new projects and branches of my practice that I hope to share in this context and beyond.