Patricia Jenkins holds a BA and MA in Art Education from the State University of New York at Buffalo. After 20 years of teaching art in public schools, she runs a faux finishing business and creates art in her studio. She is a founding member and past president of the Roxborough Arts Council. Her work is handled by Roxborough Art Gallery at the Marketplace. She was a 2011 nominee for the SCFD Rex Morgan Award for community service. Her mask, "Those Who Came Before," says that as individuals we fee unique but we are really the rearrangement of the genes that come before us.