Teiya is a teacher, healer, and potter of over 25 years.  

She teaches art from the perspective of  “creative curiosity as our muse to get to know ourselves more deeply” working extensively with At Risk Youth grants, Artist in Residency programs in Oregon and Alaska as well as teaching ceramic workshops and speaking at colleges and ceramic conferences in Oregon, Washington, Arizona and California.  She has given talks on art and creativity as essential to the development of the USA culture and her work has been featured and awarded at art fairs, galleries and museums in the US and Japan. She is currently a fervent student of many subjects.