Jordan Higby is 25 years old and has been a teaching artist at CYT Tri-Valley intermittently since 2016. Jordan developed a passion for creative writing in high school, largely thanks to her creative writing teacher, Mrs. Sweetman, in 11th grade. Jordan excelled at academic writing throughout college, and even co-authored a book during her freshman and sophomore years of college! She firmly believes that we each have the ability to create stories and characters, and create new worlds using our imaginations! Jordan graduated from California Baptist University in May of 2022 with academic honors with a Bachelors of Arts in Communication Studies with an emphasis in speech. She is currently earning her Masters of Arts in Strategic Communication through CBU’s Online Professional Studies Program. Her end goal is working in Social Services in the division of Child Welfare. Jordan loves teaching and sharing her love of creative writing, storytelling, dance, and theater at large. No matter where her professional life takes her, she hopes to always have the time to teach and guide the next generation of performers!