Name: Melinda Moen
Position: High School Art Teacher
Current location: Long Beach, CA
Hometown: Yorba Linda, CA
1. What do you do on a day-to-day basis? I teach Drawing and Painting classes at a public high school in Anaheim. I guess on a daily basis I design projects for my students that teach them how to draw or paint while at the same time trying my hardest to get them to think critically about the world around them. I kind-of make up visual problems and then I ask my students to solve them in a creative way. A good part of my day is also spent just trying to survive in a classroom full of high schoolers.
2. What do you enjoy most about your job? I get to make stuff all day long. Every day is different and every year I get a whole new set of students. I also love that I get to decide what we study in class.
3. What are some clothing or accessories you can’t live without? Oh gosh. I hate to say it but I probably put on my black leggings everyday after work. I love them. But as far as everyday stuff, I would say my JCrew black flats and a pair of dark Levi jeans are a staple.
4. If you could do anything other than what you are doing, what would that be? Hard to say… I would love to make Documentary Films with my husband. He always gets to go on these creative adventures. I’d make a great Audio Mixer.
5. If you could live anywhere other than where you live, where would that be? I love Long Beach, but if I HAD to move I might like to live in New York or some big city, just to see if I liked it. I hate driving.
6. Do you own any Quail? If so, what is your favorite item? Of Course! I think Quail is dreamy. My all-time-favorite-item is a Quail over-sized printed T-shirt. I lost it once, and I was so sad I had to replace it immediately! I also got a black short mini-skirt a few years ago and it still is the perfect thing to put on when I feel like showing some leg. I think it’s my husband’s favorite Quail piece.
7. What is the most inspiring thing someone has ever told you? “Stand for something or you will fall for anything”. I think it goes something like that. I remember someone wrote it in my yearbook and it just stuck with me.
8. What is your favorite feature on yourself? And why? Right now… my big ol’ pregnant belly!
9. What is something most people don’t know about you? I have this compulsion to throw stuff away every once in a while. Like someone will leave a huge Birthday cake or a casserole at my house and they wont take it back and I’ll feel obligated to wrap it up and put it in my fridge. But then when I start to pick at it the next morning I panic and take the whole thing and dump in the trash outside.
